Big Bash ready to roll as Australia women's sport weathers COVID impact

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Fears that the COVID-19 pandemic might have a dire impact on women's sport in Australia have eased in recent months and on Thursday 120 of the world's best cricketers were gathered in Sydney for the 2020 Women's Big Bash League.

Sports bodies have been hit hard in the pocket by the global health crisis but while international competition remains problematic, women's programmes and tournaments have largely survived, altered but intact.