England's Sarah Taylor is in action at second Royal London One Day International of women's ashes series 2015 on July 23, 2015. (Action Images via Reuters/Andrew Boyers)
ADELAIDE, Australia, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- England wicketkeeper Sarah Taylor will write a piece of cricket history as she becomes the first woman to play in a men's A-grade cricket match in Australia.
Taylor, 26, will play for the Northern Districts club against Port Adelaide on the opening day of a two-day match in South Australia's elite men's competition.
It is the first time that a woman has played in the competition since the competition began in 1987 and it is believed none has done so in a two-day match in a men's A-grade tournament in any other state. Former Australia fast bowler Cathryn Fitzpatrick played one Twenty20 match for the Dandenong club in Victoria in 2006-07.
"I have grown up playing boys cricket at Brighton College and more recently in the ECB (England and Wales Cricket Board) men's premier league, so I am used to playing with the guys," said Taylor, who is the current ICC Women's International One-Day Cricketer of the Year.
Taylor has signed to play for Adelaide Strikers in the inaugural edition of the Women's Big Bash League this winter, and is also currently playing 50-over women's state cricket.
