How the ABC News 50:50 project is transforming our coverage of women in sport

I wanted to be just like Adam Gilchrist growing up.

I dreamt of walking out to bat at the SCG, scoring the world’s fastest Test double ton, and then backing it up with heroics behind the stumps.

All while playing for the Australian men’s cricket team.

I didn’t even realise there was a national women’s team, all my exposure to cricket (and all my other sporting loves) had come via the men’s game.

So naturally, in my dreams, I was batting opposite Steve Waugh rather than Belinda Clark, or keeping with the agility of Gilly rather than Jodie Fields.

I quickly realised I wasn’t going to be the next anyone in sporting terms — I had the heart, but not the talent or determination required to make it to the top.

But even when I switched gears to…