History was made at Edgbaston before a ball had even been bowled in the first T20I of the Women’s Ashes, with an all-female grounds team preparing the wicket.
The team of nine, led by Meg Lay, who works on the ground staff at Gloucestershire, reflected the ECB’s bid to highlight opportunities for women and girls to work in sport.
Lay, one of the first women to work on the ground staff in professional cricket, became the first woman to prepare an international wicket in England. With 98 per cent of ground staff in the country being male, it was a feat in itself to put together a team, with L...