Hockey stars try their hand at cricket

Former Hockeyroos star Kate Hollywood in cross code bid as Thunder sign Indian for WBBL star | 02
Two Australian ice hockey stars have an ambitious cross-code bid, their skills in top-level cricket before the second season of the big bash League of women this summer to translate into life launched. Former Hockeyroos star Kate Hollywood has confirmed it is testing for a rookie contract with the Sydney Sixers or WBBL | 01 master Sydney Thunder, while other former Hockeyroo Mathilda Carmichael has signed for the upcoming season with Perth scorcher. Carmichael had already signed with the Western fury for national cricket League of women, according to the squad for the Olympic Games, the Hockeyroos Miss 2016 in Rio.
Hollywood, a two-time Commonwealth Games gold medalist and 2008 Olympian, will take part at a cricket NSW initiative which hopefully try female athletes to other leading to convince her luck at the cricket. 30-year old says that the similarities are between the two sports on the hand. "Cricket is an exciting sport, I think it is very similar to ice hockey is a sport of I of course love, especially the hand-eye coordination," she said. "To play for hockey and to this team environment, it is something that I loved about the sport." I think Cricket is very similar-there is a nice sense of team, celebrate together and the cohesion of the team is important. "I will always sign up for everything and have a crack at them." "The best of all, try out an athlete able to test themselves and different things." Cricket NSW is encouraging female top athletes from all sports for their ' WBBL futur stars' program with two rookie WBBL agreements - one with the Sixers - and one with the Thunder on sale. Women of high performance cricket Academy is a place in the cricket NSW to win. The program is intended in the future to Cricket Australia as a pilot for a possible nationwide initiative. Carmichael, 22, says that she hopes cricket and a dual code goes forward, balancing act, made famous by Southern Star ALLROUNDER and talented footballers Ellyse Perry to play hockey. "If I play opportunities at higher levels of hockey again for Germany, I'm definitely sure trying hard," she said. "Hopefully the way I both compensate for, but obviously I am concentrating only on one thing at a time." "With the success of the big bash last season for the women, I think WBBL02 will again be a success." Meanwhile, fought the thunder from five other franchises claiming the historical signing of the India Vice-Captain Harmanpreet Kaur for her WBBL title defense this summer.
Kaur is the first Indian, male or female, a big bash League contract sign and forward to what she says, is the world's leading women participate contest. "I clips online have seen since this tournament is a huge platform for all women of cricketers all over the world," she said. "I hope, after this will be a huge boost for women's cricket in India." If an Indian cricketer who played in foreign leagues will play, it would be increased support for women's cricket in India in any case." The second season of the WBBL starts on December 10.