Author Talk with Jenny Thompson "Her World Cricket Tour"

Join Jenny Thompson for a fun chat about her amazing cricket adventures around the world! At last the world has woken up to the thrill of women's sport. In 2023 two billion people tuned into the women's World Cup soccer and the WNBA hit US prime time. The 2024 Olympics achieved gender parity. In cricket, 53 million people watched the 2020 T20 World Cup, and a record-breaking crowd of more than 86,000 packed the MCG for the women's final. Cricketer and former journalist Jenny Thompson wanted to learn about this explosion in women's cricket firsthand, and set off on a solo global adventure through Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, the Americas and Oceania. In more than fifty countries she saw how cricket opened doors to friendship and fun, and provided education and income to women of all ages. In Hong Kong Jenny played alongside a team of Filipino domestic helpers, in Vanuatu she met the grandmas playing island cricket with their granddaughters, and in Brazil she spent a week with the professional women's team - women who fight for change, for their sisters to be on pitches and boards, on television, in the newspapers and on murals, to be recognised, rewarded and counted. Her World Cricket Tour is not about the ball or the format. It's a story of solidarity, community, resilience and building something bigger than cricket. And it's a travel adventure for any cricket lover who has dreamed of batting on a beach or volcano, or bowling in the jungle or desert. Light refreshment from 5.30pm-6.30pm Author Talk will start at 6.30pm Free Event. Bookings are essential. Books will be available for purchase at the event. Accessibility Pre-Visit Information Want to connect with us? • Follow City of Charles Sturt on Eventbrite. • Follow Ngutungka Henley on Facebook. • Subscribe to City of Charles Sturt enewsletters. • Visit our website or search our catalogue. Please note: • Stay at home if you are unwell or have a cough, fever, sore throat, fatigue or shortness of breath. • Maintaining social distancing is the responsibility of the individual. The City of Charles Sturt would like to acknowledge the land we occupy today is the traditional lands of the Kaurna people and that we respect their spiritual relationship with their country. We also acknowledge the Kaurna people as the custodians of the greater Adelaide region and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the living Kaurna people today.