On ESPNcricinfo Powerplay, Valkerie Baynes and Firdose Moonda recently caught up with Lauren Down, the New Zealand batter who toured England just six months after giving birth, as well as team-mate Lea Tahuhu and South Africa’s Masabata Klaas, who has just been named winner of the Makhaya Ntini - Power of Cricket Award. They share their experiences of becoming mothers amid elite sporting careers, Valkerie and Firdose look at various boards’ approaches to pregnancy and parenthood in a rapidly changing landscape which has seen cricket playing catch-up to other employers.

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