Belinda Clark interviewed by Nikki Henningham for the Sport oral history project [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4385823
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Clark, Belinda, 1970-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research and personal copies, written permission required for public use for the lifetime of the interviewee.
- Description:
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- 2008
- 1 sound file (ca. 96 min.)
- Series:
- Sport oral history project.
- Summary:
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Belinda Clark speaks about applying for the job as head of the Centre of Excellence; her career in cricket administration; her role in cricket development; her biographical details; the importance of formal and informal training for skills development; her education; sporting commitments and study commitments; her regional representation in hockey, tennis and cricket; how she got into playing cricket; the tradition of women's cricket in New South Wales schools; the transition from tennis and hockey to cricket; sport at University; club cricket and the state program; gender integration of cricket clubs; her progression through the ranks of the national team; being picked for the Australian team for the first time; burden of expectation on young players and support mechanisms; trying to find balance between sport and other facets of life; women's cricket in India.
Clark discusses the impact of Twenty Twenty Cricket on Test Cricket; travelling with a national team; her appointment to the captaincy of the national team (1994); management on and off the field; rivalries; being named Wisden Cricketer of the Year (1998); the change in the way the women's game was played; the beneficiaries of impact of feminism on sport; the attractions of moving into cricket administration; her current position as Director of the Cricket Centre of Excellence; how the Centre's program works; challenges and benefits of working with and challenging a diverse range of talented young athletes; the difference between the men's and women's program; balancing developing consistency with maintaining individual flair; making the athlete central to the process; ensuring that the aims of Cricket Australia guide the process; changes that professionalism of the sport have brought to the program; women's cricket and broadcasting.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on April 15, 2008 in Brisbane.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary (5 p.) and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 59 leaves)
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- Other authors/contributors:
- Henningham, Nicola, 1960-, interviewer
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- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 2008
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