Source: TheGuardian
David and Kate Cross: the dad and daughter who won FA Cup and Ashes
Cricketer Kate Cross grew up feeling the pressure of her father’s famous name and football career. She has done him proudBy Jo Harman for Wisden Cricket MonthlyThirty-five years to the day since her dad, David, won the FA Cup with West Ham, beating Arsenal by a single goal at Wembley, Kate Cross, then a 23-year-old fresh out of university, created her own piece of history with a gamechanging spell of bowling. Turning out for Heywood CC in the Central Lancashire League on 10 May 2015 – a few weeks after becoming the first female to play in the league’s 123-year history – Kate took eight for 47 against local rivals Unsworth, bowling unchanged for 15.5 overs and silencing the dissenters who felt that the region’s premier club competition was no place for a woman.“It was one of the most nervous I’ve ever been on a cricket pitch,” says Kate, who by then was already an England international and Ashes winner. “Everyone knew who I was because I was ‘the girl’ and no girl had played first-team cricket in our league. There was definitely a sense that I really needed to do well because if I didn’t people would say: ‘You can’t just pick her because she’s a girl.’” Continue reading......read full article
