View from Down Under
THE MEL FARRELL COLUMN

It’s been a marvellous summer for women’s cricket in England, with a hugely successful Ashes series followed by The Hundred, a tournament that most critics agree has benefited the women’s game enormously, with highquality competition, free-to-air broadcasting and healthy crowds.
In the main event, Heather Knight’s England managed to halt the seemingly unstoppable Australian juggernaut, which has dominated international cricket for the past seven years. Australia may have retained the Women’s Ashes when both teams finished on equal points, but it ...