Australian Cricketer Phoebe Litchfield is quite the character off the cricket pitch. But when she’s at the crease, almost nothing can stop her.

The young gun from country New South Wales made her debut in the women’s big bash league at just 16 years old, and continues to etch her name in history.

She’s the youngest Aussie cricketer to score fifty runs in both an ODI and the big bash. But just recently Phoebs become the youngest player to captain a women’s big bash team, as captain of the Sydney Thunder.

Welcome back to the female athlete project for 2025. To kick things off for the year, Chloe sits down with Phoebe Litchfield. The 21-year-old batter chats all things cricket and the increasing responsibility of being a professional athlete.

And what better time to enjoy this episode than after the Australian women’s cricket team made history with a 16-0 ashes whitewash over England.

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This week: The Aussie women have clean-swept the slopes at the Aerial Skiing World Cup, Tyler Wright has become the first woman to win surfing’s Pipeline TWICE and the Hockeyroos have made a solid start to 2025.

For the key story, we’ll discuss … the decision to split men's and women's golf at the Australian Open and what this means for the future of women's golf.

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A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. The Tillies have signed off on 2024 with 2 wins, Cayla George has broken the 5,000 point barrier in the WNBL and Ellyse Perry dominates game 2 of the ODI series against India.

For the key story, we’ll discuss … The big money earners and a new report that calls womens sport "Not a Moment. A Movement" 

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A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. Jakara Anthony has broken another record, the North Melbourne Kangaroos are AFLW champions and the Perth Thundersticks are Hockey One Champions.

For the key story, we’ll discuss the Melbourne Renegades WBBL title and the incredible story of Josie Dooley. 

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A weekly podcast covering women’s sport news. Taking a look around the grounds: the “granny” between the Kangaroos and Lions, a rematch, our ParaMatildas becoming World Champs and Michele Kang leading the way again.

For the key story we’ll discuss a new report from Wasserman about how growth of the WNBA and NWSL will result in maximum return for investors.

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The prelim finals are set in the AFLW, the Paramatildas defeat the USA for the first time ever and Whoopi Goldberg gives us all what we want! For the key story, we’ll discuss the battle to bring together the 'Afghanistan Women’s XI' cricket team to  play a T20 match in Melbourne in January.

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Around the grounds this week: Port Adelaide have crushed the Richmond Tigers in their elimination final, South African Lizelle Lee has smashed the highest score in WBBL history and the Jillaroos are Pacific Cup Champions.

For the key story, we’ll discuss Coco Gauff’s victory in the WTA Finals which were held in Saudi Arabia and attracted plenty of media attention, not all of it positive.

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Taking a look around the grounds: North Melbourne have finished the AFLW season undefeated to claim the Minor Premiership, the Matildas have beaten Germany for just the second time in history and Ash Gentle has won her 10th consecutive Noosa Triathlon.

For the key story, we discuss the new broadcast deal signed for the women’s super league that’s being hailed as the most significant broadcast partnership for women’s soccer ever.

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Taking a look around the grounds: New Zealand have won netball’s Constellation Cup for just the third time in history, 15-year-old Caoimhe Bray has helped the Sydney Sixers to victory in the WBBL and the Jillaroos are into the Pacific Championships Final.

For the key story, we discuss requests by the The Rugby League Players Association (RLPA) for the NRL to pay more to players who play in Thursday night NRLW matches.
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Growing up, Alyssar Narey loved netball and basketball.

But as she describes it, once you get into football, it never really leaves you. And it never did for Alyssar.

While she started her career in the music industry, Alyssar channelled her passion for live events into sport, and never looked back.

Now this year, she’s been appointed as the CEO of the Central Coast Mariners, making her the club’s first female chief executive officer.

She’s hoping her presence will help inspire diverse young women across the country to know that they can achieve anything if they just go for it. We hope you enjoy this episode.

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