Our History

2011 — Cricket without Borders established by Clare Cannon

Our philosophy is “Be Bold, Show Sportsmanship, Have Fun, Make Friends”

• First tour undertaken to England and Singapore.

• Matches played at various venues including Eton College, Churchill College Cambridge and Wellington College. CWOB was the first international women’s team to ever play on the Hallowed playing fields of Eton College. The team also visited Lord’s Cricket Ground to see the Australian Women’s team play England.

• Played at the famous Singapore Cricket Club and enjoyed an end of tour dinner here as well.

• Community Partner – The McGrath Foundation.

  • Team: Kaitlin Beardmore, Ainslee Bennett, Grace Cannon, Gretel Cannon, Rebecca Carter, Julia Crocket-Grills, Laura Croft, Nimnadi Dahanayake, Kate Dempsey, Jenna Fowlie, Charlotte Killeen, Alana King, Kirsty Lamb, Lize-Mari Mitchley, Beck Morris, Anna O’Donnell, Sarah Tatchell.

  • Tour Manager – Melanie Jones

  • Team Manager – Natalie Schilov, Coach – Stephen Field

2012 — CWOB Travel to Singapore to compete in the Singapore Cricket Association Women’s International Cricket Challenge.

• Competing teams – Singapore, Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan and CWOB.

• CWOB enjoys afternoon tea at the Australian High Commission

• Community Partner – The McGrath Foundation

• Team : Kaitlin Beardmore, Rachel Brown, Grace Cannon, Gretel Cannon, Mikayla Haddow, Charlotte Killeen, Alana King, Grace Linke, Lize-Mari Mitchley, Chelsea Moscript, Georgie North, Anna O’Donnell, Cassie Pollock, Lauren Tink, Sarah Tatchell.

• Tour Manager : Sarah Elliott, Team Manager Natalie Schilov, Coach Stephen Field.

2013 — CWOB Tour to Darwin

• CWOB undertook a week long tour to Darwin participating in training sessions with local school teams, clinics at primary schools, matches against NT Invitational Girls team and a boys team visiting from Sydney and also visited Batchelor Primary School at Litchfield National Park.

• Community Partners : The McGrath Foundation, Harmony in Cricket, The Melbourne Stars.

  • Team : Anna Laursen Habel, Grace Lee, Georgie North, Lauren McLean, Mikayla Haddow, Rachel Harris , True Campbell, Sophia Field, Hannah Keily, Taylah Lynnn, Kate Lidgett.

  • Tour Manager/Coach : Sarah Elliott, Team Manager: Ainslee Bennett.

2014 — CWOB Participates in the Pepsi ICC East Asia Pacific Women’s Trophy in Sano, Japan

• CWOB visited Sano and Akishima playing matches against Japan, PNG, the Cook Islands, Vanuatu and Samoa as part of this official ICC competition.

• Team : Alice Johnston, Anna Laursen Habel, Grace Lee, Hannah Keily, Holly Forsyth, Lauren McLean, Chelsea Moscript, Georgie North, Rachel Harris, Rachel Brown, Sophia Field, Taylah Lynn, Tegan Lourens, True Campbell.

• Tour Manager : Sarah Elliott , Team Manager : Ainslee Bennett; Coach : Bryce McGain.

• Community Partners : The McGrath Foundation, The Melbourne Stars

• Following this tour CWOB entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Japan Cricket Association to explore a range of opportunities for the development of women’s cricket including an internship opportunity for CWOB players to visit Japan.

• In October 2014 CWOB in conjunction with the Australia Himalaya Foundation and the Melbourne Cricket Club hosted a visit by the Queen Mother of Bhutan to the MCG where the Queen Mother witnessed and participated in a skills session with several young girls from around Victoria and also some local Bhutanese students. The Chair of CWOB Clare Cannon announced details of  educational scholarship support for local Bhutanese girls during the afternoon.

2015 – CWOB visits Fiji

• CWOB undertakes a weeklong tour to assist in the development of women’s cricket in Fiji and participate in community projects .

• CWOB plays three T20 matches against the Fiji Women’s team , visits two local primary schools a children’s home ,enjoys afternoon tea at the Australian High Commission and visits  Leluvia Island Resort for some R&R !

• Team : Jess Adams , Brianna East, Nicole Faltum, Sophia Field, Kira Firth, Lauren Gooden, Mikayla Haddow, Sophie Jennings, Georgia Kerr, Grace Lee, Zoe Quinsey- Munro, Maddi Tobias.

• Team Manager : Annie Hateley, Coach : Bryce McGain, Coach’s Assistant : Liam Mc Gain.

• Community Partner : Harmony In Cricket.

• Spring 2015 – Alana King undertakes CWOB’s first internship with the Japan Cricket Association.

• Winter 2015- Charlotte Killeen undertakes CWOB’s second internship with the Japan Cricket Association.

2016 – CWOB Invited to Play in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 East Asia Pacific Qualifier in Samoa.

• Competing teams: CWOB, Japan, Samoa and PNG.

• The tour included an opening ceremony at the Australian High Commission , a traditional closing ceremony at the Samoa Tradition Resort and also an impromptu game of netball between CWOB and the Samoan Under 19 Netball team.!

• Community Partner : Maddie Riewoldt Vision.

• Team : Jess Adams, Eloise Gardner, Madeleine Hendy, Sophie Jennings, Alice Johnston, Georgia Kerr, Charlotte Killeen, Alana King, Grace Lee, Maddie May, Chelsea Moscript, Zoe Quinsey- Munro, Chelsea Ryan, Maddi Tobias, Molly Ward.

• Coach : Bryce McGain,  Team Manager : Mikayla Haddow, Program Manager : Lewis Keane.

• Japan Cricket Association Internship undertaken by Chelsea Moscript.

2017

• Winter - Maddi Tobias undertakes Internship with Japan Cricket Association.

• Winter – CWOB members participate in “Sleepout at the MCG” and raise approx. $4000 to assist

• homeless people in Melbourne.

• CWOB engages with the Primary Club ( a cricket organization that raises funds for people with disabilities to assist them lead a more fulfilling life through sport and recreation) to allow a CWOB player participate in their annual corporate cricket match at the MCG. 

2018 – Hong Kong Women’s T20 International Competition

• Following an invitation from the Kowloon cricket club CWOB travelled to Hong Kong to participate in a T20 competition against teams from the Hong Kong Cricket Club, Kowloon Cricket Club and Indonesia as well as undertake some community engagement activities with local primary school children.

• Team : Jess Adams, Penny Drummond, Gabby Lenehan, Ruby Mattingley, Chelsea Moscript, Maddie May, Chloe McGee, Katelyn Noble, Bianca Proudlock, Heidi Stansfield, Britney Thomas, Kylie White.

• Coach : Natalie Schilov

• Team Manager : Mikayla Haddow

• Community Partner : SALT ( Sport and Life Training)

• Summer – Alice Johnston undertakes internship with Japan Cricket Association

2019 – Tour To Vanuatu

• Following an invitation from Vanuatu Cricket CWOB visited Vanuatu in April 2019 for a series of matches against the national women’s team and participated in a number of community-based activities in local schools and villages.

• Team : Jess Adams, Shanaye Alexander, Jess Bohn, Penny Drummond, Jess Field, Jess Fowkes, Tomeka Fowlie, Eliza Jagger, Keira Morley, Anna Quinsey- Munro, Zoe Quinsey- Munro, Heidi Stansfield, Britney Thomas, Molly Ward .

• Coach : Jeff Rosolin, Team Manager : Marcella Torre ; Physiotherapist : Kathy Adams; Coaching Assistant : Rob Wood.

• Community Partners : Harmony In Cricket , Melbourne Stars

• Autumn- Jess Adams undertakes Internship with Japan Cricket Association.

2020 and 2021

Unfortunately due to the impact of the Covid pandemic CWOB has been unable to undertake any tours despite well advance plans for a tour to Malaysia in 2020 and to Darwin in July 2021 following an invitation from the Northern Territory Cricket Association to participate in their popular Junior Strike League that was cancelled four days prior to our departure due to a lockdown being imposed in Darwin.