Australia’s Test Cricket Captains
AUSTRALIA’S WOMEN TEST CRICKET CAPTAINS
FROM PEDEN TO HEALY
The Ashes. New Zealand. West Indies. India. South Africa.
From the very first women’s Test in Brisbane in 1934 to the Ashes in 2025, and every Test in between, these are the twenty women who have had the honour to captain Australia’s Test cricket team. The challenges, both on and off the field. The tactics, the personalities.
“It is an extraordinary insight into the behind the scenes of Womens leadership in cricket. It offers a thread that connects the history of the women’s game in a simple and open hearted way.” Kate McGready – (former player, commentator)
EVERY LIVING TEST CAPTAIN INTERVIEWED
From the backyards of Lismore, Glenelg, Shepparton… to the big time at Lords, the Gabba, Mumbai, Sabina Park. Travel back in time to the pioneering captains…
Margaret Peden, Mollie Dive, Una Paisley; through the ages to Muriel Picton, Miriam Knee, Anne Gordon, to modern day greats, Meg Lanning, Alyssa Healy. There’s household names Belinda Clark, Karen Rolton, Lyn Larsen, Jodie Fields, Alex Blackwell.
“Australia’s women’s Test cricketers have an enthralling past, their history beautifully brought to life by Rob Harvey. Rob has produced a unique, unprecedented piece of work which draws you in and brings so much to you as the reader.” – Lyn Larsen (Test captain 1987-92)
Rob Harvey’s Australia’s Women Test Cricket Captains takes you on a journey to the first battle for the Ashes at home and the voyages across the seas to England to take them back; tours to India, the Caribbean, New Zealand, from the visionary Margaret Peden to the new age under Alyssa Healy.
This is the history of Australian women’s Test cricket, as seen through the eyes of the captains. Don’t miss this wonderful account of these 20 extraordinary Australians.
“Never before has such analysis been done of the women’s game and its characters, and it was fascinating.” – Lyn Larsen
“Thank you so much Rob for your research and your genuine interest in women’s cricket.” – Muriel “Pixie” Picton (Test captain 1961, 1968/9)
