{"id":919823,"date":"2026-10-07T21:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/919823\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T21:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T21:00:09","slug":"cricket-australia-actively-looking-at-womens-schedule-as-star-players-raise-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/919823\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Australia ‘actively’ looking at women’s schedule as star players raise concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cricket Australia (CA) says it will attempt to bring the national women’s side back into the peak of summer, after officials met with frustrated senior players.<\/p>\n

Multiple players have raised concerns over the women’s schedule in recent weeks, which includes four straight years of no home internationals or WBBL during school holidays.<\/p>\n

Ellyse Perry and Beth Mooney have also highlighted fears it will stunt the growth of junior cricket.<\/p>\n

Australia plays Bangladesh and New Zealand in three one-day internationals (ODIs) and T20s respectively over the next fortnight.<\/p>\n

A home ODI series against New Zealand is scheduled for March.<\/p>\n

Concerns over summer gap for women’s cricket<\/a><\/p>\n

Concerns are growing about the lack of women’s cricket in school-friendly slots over summer, amid warnings the schedule will hurt the game’s growth among girls.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Among the concerns of players is a lack of consistency in their schedule to build up crowds, along with games on school nights that families largely will not attend.<\/p>\n

The issue was raised at a function on Monday night in Brisbane to recognise the Australian team’s T20 World Cup win.<\/p>\n

“We’re looking at that actively,” CA chief executive Todd Greenberg said.<\/p>\n

“[Head of cricket] James Allsopp led the conversation with the Australian women’s team about this exact issue, so we’re talking, we’ve got dialogue with them.<\/p>\n

“We would love to see more cricket played in this window. We have to understand the global components \u2026 but we’ve got to get more cricket into our summer.”<\/p>\n

Greenberg’s comments come after Mooney was particularly critical of the current schedule<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“We’re in a bad time slot and it’s a bad time of year for parents,” Mooney said earlier this week.<\/p>\n

“They’re not dragging their kid out to watch a 7pm T20 on a Tuesday night or whatever it is.<\/p>\n

“We’re not getting crowds, it’s not marketed well. There is no big-ticket item where people go, ‘the Australian women’s team play here at this time every year’.<\/p>\n

“We want to be relatable athletes. And if we’re not front and centre of the summer, it makes it pretty difficult when it’s meant to be a summer sport.”<\/p>\n

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