Trailblazing Australian cricketer Belinda Clark has been immortalised in bronze outside the Sydney Cricket Ground.
Trailblazing Australian cricketer Belinda Clark finds it a little funny that a new bronze statue of her just outside the SCG is positioned right where she used to eat lunch every day.
A few metres away from one of Steve Waugh, the statue of Clark playing a trademark pull shot is the world’s first sculpture of a female cricketer. The 52-year-old is the 15th member of the SCG sculpture project. Other statues include Paul Kelly , Johnny Warren , Dally Messenger and Ken Catchpole . Belinda Clark is joined by NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet and former governor-general Quentin Bryce outside the SCG.“The family knew [about it] because I kept dashing to Sydney to meet with Cathy and see where she was up to. Cathy looked through a whole range of images and found a couple that she thought might work and we landed on this one. She created some figurines, almost like toy soldiers … then we selected one. She’s very clever and I’m indebted to her.
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