Kate McGready – Cricketer, Art Consultant, Journalist | Episode 44
Kate was a member of the Australian U25 women’s cricket team that toured India in a groundbreaking tour in 1975.
Nick Hatzoglou - Cricket Lover, Multi-Cultural Sport Specialist | Episode 43
Nick has worked across a number of sports with Cricket Victoria, Cricket Australia, the AFL and Football Victoria specialising in programs around multiculturalism, diversity and inclusion.
Anna O’Donnell - Foundation Player, Premier Cricketer and High Performance Coach | Episode 42
Anna is one of CWOB’s inaugural players from 2011 who has gone on to enjoy a celebrated career in Victorian Premier Cricket and currently sits in fourth position for the all-time number of games played.
Jenni Douglass, Author, Umpire, Scorer, Team Manager | Episode 41
Tune in to hear Jenni’s story including her two children’s books about cricket.
Helen Nolan, CEO The Shane Warne Legacy | Episode 40
Listen to a truly heartfelt chat with Helen Nolan, CEO of The Shane Warne Legacy.
Trudy Lindblade, CEO Cricket Scotland | Episode 39
In this episode, I’m chatting with Trudy Lindblade, CEO of Cricket Scotland.
Malcolm Speed AO & Former CEO of Cricket Australia | Episode 38
In this episode, tune into my conversation with Malcolm Speed AO about his illustrious career in sports administration.
Dinesh Muthuraman, CEO Malaysian Cricket Association | Episode 37
In this episode, I have a wonderful discussion with Dinesh-Muthuraman about cricket in Malaysia.
Dr Sarah Fane OBE, Director of the MCC Foundation (London) | Episode 36
In this episode, I have an enthralling discussion with Dr Sarah Fane about her time in Afghanistan, the wonderful work of her charity and now the passion she has brought to the MCC Foundation helping children not only in England but around the world.
Bhavi Devchand - Professional Cricketer, High Performance Coach and Wellbeing Specialist | Episode 35
Bhavi was born in Zimbabwe in a family of Indian origin and encountered a range of cultural experiences just to be able to play the game.
Harry Moffitt - SAS veteran, psychologist, high performance consultant and author | Episode 34
Harry spent almost 30 years with the Australian Defence Force most of which was with Australia’s elite Special Air Service (SAS) as a Team Commander and Team Specialist.
Alana King - Australian Cricketer and former CWOB representative | Episode 33
Alana is widely-regarded as the best leg spin bowler in world cricket today (male or female) and has drawn comparisons with the great Shane Warne. Alana toured with Cricket Without Borders on a number of occasions and we learn a little about some of her experiences and the impact of CWOB on her career.
Emma Staples–MCC Spirit of Cricket Award/ Co-Founder of “It’s Game On”/ DrivingChange Through Sport/ Pitch Our Future | Episode 32
Emma is a long-time friend of Cricket Without Borders (CWOB) of many years and who was one of the key people instrumental in securing the evacuation of the Afghan Women Cricketers and some officials in 2021 following the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban in 2021.
Louise Broadfoot – Player/Coach/Administrator/ Umpire/Army Reservist/Sports Integrity (She has done it all!!) | Episode 31
Louise has done it all in the game of cricket and more! We hear about her wonderful career that began at school and then progressed to represent her State(s) and country but that was not enough as she has given back to the sport as an administrator and now pursuing a career in umpiring.
Um-E-Aymen Babar , Award Winning Journalist | Episode 30
Aymen is an award –winning multilingual sports journalist, commentator and presenter based in London.
Chelsea Moscript , Player and Coach with Cricket Without Borders and Beyond | Episode 29
Cricket Without Borders and Chelsea have a very strong connection dating back to 2012 when Chelsea joined us on a tour to Singapore and she has remained as somewhat of a constant with us as a player and coach ever since.
Lydia Dowse, National Integrity Manager, Swimming Australia | Episode 28
A sports lawyer by background, Lydia has transitioned into sport management and apart from her current role has held senior roles in professional, semi professional and community sport in football (soccer) and AFL while also having held senior government roles in state event corporations in both Victoria and Western Australia.
Jennie Deckker, President, Geelong Cricket Club | Episode 27
Jennie grew up in a cricket-loving family in Bowral, where Sir Donald Bradman grew up as a young boy and although not playing the game she always had an interest in the sport. However, it was later in life when her own daughter, Bianca started playing U11’s that Jennie really started to get involved in the administration of the sport and helped establish a girls team at her local club Drysdale CC before heading to the Geelong CC in Cricket Victoria’s Premier Cricket Competition to help the Club with its ambition of having their own girls/women’s teams in the Premier Competition.
Sheila Nguyen, Sport Environment Alliance | Episode 26
Sheila is the co-founder and first CEO of Sport Environment Alliance but that is just part of her outstanding contribution around growing the awareness and introducing strategies and plans around sustainability in sport to ensure a healthier planet and happy people!
Megan Ponsford - Sports Historian, Documentary Photographer, Researcher | Episode 25
Megan is the granddaughter of the great Victorian and Australian batsman Bill Ponsford after whom a grandstand is named at the MCG.