As we celebrate our 50th podcast and the fifteenth anniversary of Cricket Without Borders, it is appropriate to return to the Founder and Chair of Cricket Without Borders, Clare Cannon.

While Clare reflects on the achievements of CWOB in that time, she discusses some of the highlights from tours gone by as well as some of the more recent tours to Fiji and Malaysia and also discusses the wonderful occasion when CWOB played the Afghan Women’s team in January ‘25 which led to a subsequent visit to Canberra and a visit to Yarralumla for morning tea with the Governor General.

We also reflect on some of the changes in women’s cricket more broadly over the past fifteen years, and finally we discuss one of Clare’s other great passions in her life, being her family farm“Woomargama”.

Ian Cover is one of the co-founders of the “Coodabeen Champions” who have taken a look at sport on the lighter side for around 40 years on radio; Ian is also passionate about the sport of cricket and a supporter of Taverners Victoria and in particular their Geelong branch.

A masterful MC for corporate functions, Ian had a long association with Cricket Victoria and particularly as the MC for the renowned Lindsay Hassett Club luncheons for over twenty years where he interviewed most of the biggest names in cricket and other sports in Australia.

In this Episode, he takes us for a wonderful trip down memory lane!

Clare Haysom is a dynamic young umpire on the rise within the cricket community.

Having only commenced her umpiring career in community level cricket in 2019, Clare has quickly risen through the ranks into Premier Cricket and beyond, already having officiated in a number of premier matches, WBBL , WNCL , National Age Championships, Australia A v England A and has just recently been selected to officiate in a women’s Under 19 tri–series competition between Australia, Sri Lanka and England.

We hear about how Clare’s journey in umpiring began, some of the obstacles along the way, and her aspirations for the future.

We also hear about some of the skills and attributes Clare has in her professional life as a teacher of science and physics that can be helpful when she sets foot on the field as an umpire.