Gender diversity ‘Females In Sport Are More Realistic About Where They’ve Come From’: Cricketer Alyssa Healy She fell in love with cricket reluctantly, not knowing women could play for Australia. Now Healy is at the forefront of gender equality in sport. FW meets her. By Natalie Cornish Gender diversity She fell in love with cricket reluctantly, not knowing women could play for Australia. Now Healy is at the forefront of gender equality in sport. FW meets her. By Natalie Cornish Previous article Everything Is Always Working Out For You Next article ‘We’re 100% In This Or Not At All’: Zara Madrusan On Running Melbourne’s Best Bars With Her Husband Cricketer Alyssa Healy can’t pinpoint the exact moment she fell in love with the sport that would later become her profession, but she does have a friend to thank for encouraging her to pick up a bat.“I started playing when I was seven,” she tells Future Women. “And I was a very reluctant cricketer. A friend from school took me down to try it, and I never wanted to play. Obviously my family play heavily and it didn’t really interest me that much. But I think once I learned the game, and once I started playing, and I had some friends in the game, I sort of fell in love with it from there.” The T20 World Cup is aiming to break the 20-year attendance record for a women’s sporting fixture, by getting over 90,000 people to the MCG for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Final in March. Purchase your tickets and support the movement here. careerleadershipwomeninsport Best Of Future Women Equity A sneak peek inside the sold-out budget event By Odessa Blain Equity Inside the shared joke between Gallagher and Wong By Odessa Blain Leadership “Let’s lower the bar”: Why this CEO wants women to do a whole lot less By FW Leadership How three women helped Jane Hume rebuild her life By Odessa Blain Leadership Discovering your leadership style: ‘I’ve had to learn to rise above’ By Odessa Blain Leadership Why Kate Thwaites wants us to stop imagining a better future for women By Odessa Blain Leadership The pivotal moment that changed the course of this CEO’s career By Odessa Blain Leadership ‘I also feel resolve, focus and determination to be part of the change’ By Odessa Blain Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.