{"id":798200,"date":"2026-07-13T19:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/798200\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T19:46:10","slug":"australian-cricket-star-publicizes-cheating-scandal-on-instagram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/798200\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Cricket Star Publicizes Cheating Scandal On Instagram"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-24089251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/austraila-cricket-cheating-scandal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"  \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Getty Image \/ iStockphoto<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ashleigh Garnder and Monica Wright have split.<\/p>\n<p>A cheating scandal has rocked Australian cricket. Ashleigh Gardner has been accused by her ex of sleeping with a teammate.<\/p>\n<p>Monica Wright publicly aired the dirty laundry on <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/tag\/instagram\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>. In doing so, she ID\u2019d the alleged third party.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Daily Mail\u00a0broke a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/sport\/cricket\/article-15964093\/Ashleigh-gardner-monica-wright-marriage-split-womens-cricket-Australia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">story<\/a> about the breakup on Sunday. Wright took things a step further in the moments that followed.<\/p>\n<p>Australia cricket has a cheating scandal.<\/p>\n<p>Wright and Gardner got engaged in 2024 and married in April of 2025. Months later, the relationship deteriorated.<\/p>\n<p>Gardner is a star for Team <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/tag\/australia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Australia<\/a>. She was appointed co-vice captain on January 28th for the Southern Stars, who are fresh off an ICC Women\u2019s T20 World Cup championship.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Daily Mail\u00a0report detailed \u201cawkwardness\u201d between the couple during the Women\u2019s ODI World Cup in India last year. \u201cIt was a little bit weird,\u201d an insider with knowledge of the situation told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>It was the start of the end of the relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Wright and Gardner met on a dating app. The former is not a <a href=\"https:\/\/brobible.com\/tag\/cricket\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cricket<\/a> player, though she was close with members of the team.<\/p>\n<p>When asked, Cricket Australia\u2019s chief of communications refused to expand. \u201cYeah, no comment on that,\u201d said Richard Hines when probed.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0Daily Mail\u00a0reports that Gardner attempted to smooth things over. The relationship could not be salvaged, though details were not provided as to the cause of the split.<\/p>\n<p>Wright recently publicized the drama online.<\/p>\n<p>Monica Wright goes public.<\/p>\n<p>Wright reposted the\u00a0Daily Mail\u00a0article to her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/little.bit.of.monicaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram story<\/a> alongside a caption that read, \u201cNah, this s\u2014 is too vague. I\u2019ll tell you exactly what happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She then proceeded to post a photo of Gardner\u2019s teammate, Georgia Voll, while saying, \u201cThis is who my wife cheated on me with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To this point, there has been no confirmation provided for the accusations. Gardner has not publicly responded. She did <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DIF_0CEBvWu\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">delete a wedding photo<\/a> from her Instagram account at some point after the split.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty Image \/ iStockphoto Ashleigh Garnder and Monica Wright have split. 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