The Australian women's cricket team are clear favourites to beat Pakistan in their upcoming white-ball contest, but as Brittany Carter writes, there is so much more at stake than just a win-loss result.
abc.net.au/news/australia-vs-pakistan-womens-2023-white-ball-series-preview/101831478It's been more than 25 years since Australia first hosted Pakistan for a women's cricket match and yet, since then, the occasion has been few and far between.
Heading home, their record didn't look so great , but they'd achieved what they'd set out to do when they were granted entry to their first Women's World Cup. Although the team were all-out for 27 after batting first, they were able to dismiss openers Keightley and Goss for a combined 7 runs, leaving the rest of the chase up to Michelle Goszko.
For context, by this point, Australia had already had a women's team established since 1934 and had been playing ODI cricket since the '70s. Their match-ups, when they have occurred, have largely happened at World Cups, but Pakistan's presence at the tournament beyond their inaugural appearance hasn't always been guaranteed .
With games in Brisbane, Sydney, Hobart and Canberra, the world number one side are expected to triumph over the visitors – currently ranked ninth in the world for 50-over cricket and seventh in T20Is – but there is so much more at play than just a win-loss result.
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