Having fun hitting sexism for six

With the Women's World Cup about to get underway in Australia next month, England captain Charlotte Edwards talks about her foray into cricket, playing against male opponents and her opinion on women striking revealing poses to promote the sport.

How far has the women’s game come on in your time?
Leaps and bounds. The media profile has improved and we are now taken seriously. When I first represented England we still wore skirts on the field! Adidas has designed kit for us and that reflects what we are - professional athletes. We don’t have central contracts but are paid by the Chance to Shine charity to promote the game.

I live in the real world and know that women’s cricket needs all the publicity it can get. So in theory I don’t have any objection to something that achieves that. I would need to know exactly what it was I was being asked to reveal before I signed up to anything!

Read on in the Times.