EXCLUSIVE: The sad reason Aussie hero Alyssa Healy never owned cricket shoes – Wide World of Sports

Alyssa Healy may be one of the highest-profile cricketers in the world, but until now the 30-year-old has never owned her own pair of proper cricket shoes.
Instead, the Australian wicketkeeper had to make do with putting spikes into her joggers, simply because cricket manufacturers never catered for the female market.
It meant even the elite players had to put up with ill-fitting men’s shoes, or, like Healy, come up with their own solution.
That’s why Australia’s leading players are hailing a…

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