Fair Game - Blackwell, Alex; Maurice, Megan
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Alex Blackwell, captain of the Australian women's cricket team through World Cup and Ashes victories, provides a rare insight into life - the highs and lows - in Australia's most loved sporting team. This is a fascinating account of one of Australia's most accomplished sportspeople and of the game she loves.

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Alex Blackwell, captain of the Australian women's cricket team through World Cup and Ashes victories, provides a rare insight into life - the highs and lows - in Australia's most loved sporting team. This is a fascinating account of one of Australia's most accomplished sportspeople and of the game she loves.
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Alex Blackwell is a former Australian women's cricket captain who represented Australia 251 times across Tests, One Day Internationals and T20 Internationals, with the team winning the World Cup and The Ashes under her captaincy. Since her retirement in late 2019 Alex has continued to be involved in the game as a board member, commentator, and media spokesperson. After initially studying medicine at university - and having to change degrees so she could play cricket for Australia - she now works as a genetic counsellor in addition to being a commentator on Fox Sports and ABC Grandstand. She is a patron of Pride in Sport and the LBW Trust of Australia, an ambassador of the Primary Club, a Doctor of the University of New South Wales and a former non-executive director of Cricket NSW. In 2021 Alex was awarded an honorary life membership of the Marylebone Cricket Club. Megan Maurice is an award-winning journalist and the co-author of Shine: The Making of the Australian Netball Diamonds and of Fair Game by Alex Blackwell (Hachette, 2022). Her journalism has been published widely and she is a regular contributor to The Guardian, with a particular focus on issues of equity, diversity and inclusion. She lives in Sydney with her family.