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Megan Schutt has split from her wife Jess\u00a0Schutt made her debut for Australia in 2012\u00a0<\/p>\n

By ANDREW PRENTICE FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA <\/p>\n

Published: 01:33 EDT, 30 July 2025 | Updated: 03:01 EDT, 30 July 2025 <\/p>\n

Aussie cricket star Megan Schutt has confirmed her separation from wife Jess Holyoake – but also declared ‘there is no one she would rather co-parent with’.<\/p>\n

The couple married in 2019 and will now share their daughter, Rylee.<\/p>\n

A heartbroken Schutt, 32, took to Instagram<\/a> to state she and\u00a0Holyoake ‘have decided to end our relationship’ following ‘an action-packed 10 years together’.<\/p>\n

Anything but bitter, the decorated quick also pledged to maintain a ‘happy and healthy relationship’ with Holyoake, ‘just not a romantic one’.<\/p>\n

Schutt has enjoyed a phenomenal career following her debut for Australia<\/a> in 2012.<\/p>\n

She is the leading wicket-taker in women’s T20Is and has also snared the most scalps in T20 World Cups.<\/p>\n

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Aussie cricket star Megan Schutt (left) has confirmed her separation from wife Jess Holyoake (pictured together) – but also declared ‘there is no one she would rather co-parent with’<\/p>\n

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Anything but bitter, decorated quick Megan Schutt also pledged to maintain a ‘happy and healthy relationship, just not a romantic one’ with her former love<\/p>\n

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The couple married in 2019 and will now share a daughter, Rylee (pictured together)<\/p>\n

The Adelaide raised star, affectionately known as ‘Shooter’ is a medium-pace bowler who attacks the stumps, often with the new ball.<\/p>\n

Off the field,\u00a0Schutt has constantly advocated for gay rights – and hasn’t hesitated to call out trolls online.<\/p>\n

‘Sometimes I don’t\/can’t shrug it (online gay hate) off; they are just hard days,’ she previously told Daily Mail Australia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

‘But I try to remember sometimes that a lot of people either haven’t had any experiences with gay\/minority groups so haven’t had their thoughts challenged (which most don’t like) – or have never been able to empathise\/show feelings.<\/p>\n

‘Most people fear what they don’t understand and some just can’t fathom sexuality – they can’t fathom someone being different from them.<\/p>\n

‘(But) when it is just instances of vile hate – that’s when I know they are a person beyond repair.’<\/p>\n

What Schutt won’t tolerate is some individuals – often supposed cricket fans -linking homosexuality to paedophilia.<\/p>\n

‘They can say things like, ‘You’ve been coerced because your teammates are same sex’. Coercion \u2013 everyone in cricket is gay, that is why you’re gay,’ she previously told\u00a0NewsCorp.<\/a><\/p>\n

‘That comes back to thinking that gay is a choice. Which, obviously, it is not.<\/p>\n

‘The coercion one used to p**s me off the most, because it is also implying lesbians are predators and that we are just out there to turn all these straight young girls gay.<\/p>\n

‘That one infuriates me because that goes down to some really deep roots in thinking (all) homosexuals are paedophiles.’<\/p>\n

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