Christine Casey
Personal information
Full name
Christine Jane Casey
Born1989
NicknameBlind Cricket's leading lady

Christine Jane Casey (born 1989) is an Australian blind woman cricketer categorised under B1 classification.[1] She was eligible to play for Australia national blind cricket team in 2017 as a lone female blind cricketer.[2] She was a member of the Australian blind cricket team at the 2017 Blind T20 World Cup.[3][4][5]

Breakthrough

Christine Casey is the only female blind cricketer to play for Victoria blind cricket team and for the Australian blind cricket team.[6]

She played blind cricket when she was studying in primary school at Queensland. At the age of 19, she made it to the Queensland state team as she didn't take the sport seriously until entering the university.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Victorian Blind Cricket Association | T20 Blind Cricket World Cup Squad". www.vbca.org.au. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Inspiring tale Lone women cricketer in Oz blind T20 side doesn t have can t in vocabulary". mid-day. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Victorian blind cricketer Christine Casey is World Cup-bound - Cricket Victoria". www.cricketvictoria.com.au. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "World T20 for the blind: Australia eye Cup, India cricket team fancied". www.hindustantimes.com. 25 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Mother and two sons represent New Zealand at Blind World Cup". mid-day. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Return to blind cricket pays off for Christine". www.visionaustralia.org. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  7. ↑ "Christine Casey breaks gender inequality and disability barrier". Retrieved 27 January 2018 – via PressReader.


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