Rachael Haynes
Rachael Haynes is a five-time world champion and vice-captain of Australia’s women’s cricket team. She and her partner Leah Poulton recently had their first child after IVF treatment. My life has changed a lot in the space of a couple of months. As a new mum – my partner Leah gave birth …
The incident that could’ve derailed us ended up being the making of us. We lost our final World T20 pool game to India by 48 runs. We didn’t play as well as we would’ve liked and, to make matters worse, Alyssa Healy and Megan Schutt collided in the field leaving Midge with a concussion. …
It was a couple of Fridays ago. The phone rang. It was Pat Howard, Cricket Australia’s general manager of high performance. ‘Congratulations, you’re Australia’s captain for the Ashes.’ … I paused for a moment, finished that call, then picked up the phone and called my family with the good news. …
