11-year-old female cricketer wrote a letter to Kookaburra with a suggestion

Women’s cricket has been on a rise globally. The Women’s World Cup last year was a huge success given the fact that the Indian team went all the way to the final. Though they didn’t win the tournament, since then a large chunk of fans have been following most of their action. The Women’s Big Bash Leagues, Ashes as well as the Super League in England have been flourishing. The number of cricketers putting up memorable performances and the followers has only increased and thus a letter from a young Australian cricketer Olivia to Kookaburra is of a lot of significance.

Olivia an 11-year-old cricketer was gifted a voucher on her birthday and she wanted to buy a pair of pads. At the store, she found pads that were specifically for boys and not for kids (both boys and girls) in general. She decided to write a letter to them and highlighted that women are equally passionate about the sport and working hard to make a mark at the highest level. Australian cricketer Alyssa Healy is Olivia’s role model and that’s why she wanted to have a Kookaburra kit.

Here is her letter:

“Dear Kookaburra,

My name is Olivia, I am 11 years old and completely obsessed with cricket. Last summer, I started playing cricket in an all-girls team.

Recently, it was my birthday and I received a rebel sport gift-voucher. Today, I went to rebel and bought the Kookaburra Verve Pro 400 batting pads in the size ‘boys.’ It made me a little bit sad that the size was just called ‘boys’ to ‘kids’ because women’s cricket is growing very fast, especially with the WBBL and the Southern Stars winning the Women’s Ashes. Alyssa Healy uses Kookaburra gear and I think she is a great role model so I wanted to have Kookaburra kit.

On the Kookaburra.biz website, on the coaching page, there are 20 videos, however, only one features a female cricketer would love to see more videos featuring female members of team Kookaburra.

Yours Sincerely,”

A Twitter post from Bulimba Cricket Club carried her handwritten letter and they tagged Kukaburra.

Beautifully argued request from player in our Heat Girls League team. Fair point made. Thnx for response so far @KookaburraCkt. @ahealy77 pic.twitter.com/y2N4gftG6u

— Bulimba Cricket Club (@BulimbaCricket) August 24, 2018

Kookaburra’s response:

The cricket equipment company soon responded to the letter and clarified that they indeed had worked on the same last year and had replaced the label on the equipment. Olivia would’ve encountered old stock that had a different label.

“Great letter Olivia. In 2017 we switched all of our sizing to Juniors and Adults rather than the old style of boys and mens. It may have been old stock you saw in Rebel, but regardless shows how important this change is!” was their response.

Great letter Olivia. In 2017 we switched all of our sizing to Juniors and Adults rather than the old style of boys and mens. It may have been old stock you saw in Rebel, but regardless shows how important this change is!

— Kookaburra Cricket (@KookaburraCkt) August 24, 2018

They further mentioned that “In the coming months you’ll see great stuff from @ahealy77 @Nicole_Bolton12 @megan_schutt @SophieMolineux1 @RachaelHaynes and many more.”

In the coming months you’ll see great stuff from @ahealy77 @Nicole_Bolton12 @megan_schutt @SophieMolineux1 @RachaelHaynes and many more.

— Kookaburra Cricket (@KookaburraCkt) August 24, 2018

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