Ellyse Perry

Whenever we play matches, it is equally young girls coming to watch as it is young boys.

And for me, like, in terms of a generational thing, when those kids are, you know, 18, 19, 20, and they're deciding what to do with their mates on a weekend, and it's been so ingrained in them that elite professional women's sport is a great entertainment product that they can come along and watch and not think anything of, that really excites me.

So...

Certainly from the perspective of inspiring more young girls to be active, whether that's in cricket or any sport that they want to pursue.

I've got no doubt that all the current female professional athletes are having a huge role in that.

But I think it's kind of more than that.

It's like, I guess, a societal shift to know that lots of young boys growing up today are going to be huge fans of women's sport and just see it as completely normal that girls play whatever sport they want to play.

I didn't mean it like that.

And equally, I think young boys should have, or not should, but if they want to, they have a favorite female player and a favorite male player.

And same for young girls.

It's both sides of the coin, which I think is true equality.

Well, I never really got the chance to watch the Australian women's cricket team.

I watched a little bit of the Australian women's football team, and Cheryl Salisbury was my favorite female player, and Harry Kuehl was my favorite.

Harry Kuehl, yes.

And then I absolutely loved Michael Hussey growing up, so I watched a lot of him play.

Probably Susie O'Neill.

The swimmer?

Yeah.

Yeah, I know.

So my mum and dad actually both swam.