The
bronze
statue
of
the
two-time
World
Cup-winning
captain
was
revealed
for
the
first
time
ahead
of
the
second
day
of
the
third
and
final
Test
between
Australia
and
South
Africa.
Cathy
Weiszmann,
a
reputed
New
South
Wales
artist
created
the
statue.
Clark
is
a
World
Cup-winning
skipper,
having
won
the
titles
in
1997
and
2005.
Besides
this,
she
has
also
been
a
prolific
run
scorer
and
key
figure
in
the
off-field
development
of
cricket
in
country.
She
was
selected
for
the
honour
from
a
field
of
potential
candidates
including
the
first
Test
captain
Margaret
Peden
and
legendary
all-rounder
Betty
Wilson.
She
is
the
15th
member
of
SCG’s
sculpture
project
and
has
joined
champion
sprinters
Betty
Cuthbert
and
Marlene
Matthews
as
the
third
female
to
get
her
statue.
The
other
two
athletes
have
their
likenesses
positioned
in
front
of
the
Allianz
Stadium.
Australia
legend
Belinda
Clark
has
been
immortalised
in
bronze,
with
the
Sydney
Cricket
Ground
unveiling
the
world’s
first
sculpture
of
a
female
cricketer
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pic.twitter.com/pOqk5uCK5i—
Cricket
Australia
(@CricketAus)
January
4,
2023
A
host
of
Clark’s
former
teammates
and
modern-day
stars
were
also
in
attendance
at
the
unveiling
and
the
former
Australia
captain
was
thrilled
to
accept
the
honour.
“I
am
excited
to
have
the
sculpture
in
place
and
for
people
to
now
look
at
it
and
perhaps
wonder
what
that
is,
who
that
is
and
to
be
able
to
tell
a
bit
of
a
story
is
really
important,”
Clark
said
as
quoted
by
cricket.com.au.
“The
sculpture
encapsulates
being
able
to
have
a
go-to
be
courageous,
to
take
on
those
challenges
and
break
convention.”
“I
want
people
to
take
away
that
you
can
do
anything
you
want
if
you
put
your
mind
to
it
and
you
have
good
people
around
you,
and
I
think
I
have
been
very
fortunate
to
have
had
great
support
and
have
a
bit
of
an
imagination
to
take
my
game
where
I
wanted
to
take
it,
and
hopefully
the
sport
is
in
a
better
place
for
it,”
she
added.
Clark
is
the
highest-run
scorer
in
ODI
cricket
when
it
comes
to
Australian
women
cricket,
having
scored
4,844
runs
in
118
ODIs
at
an
average
of
47.49,
with
five
tons
and
30
fifties.
In
15
Tests
she
played
for
her
country,
she
made
919
runs
at
an
average
of
45.95,
with
two
tons
and
six
fifties.
She
also
was
named
skipper
at
the
age
of
23
and
led
the
team
for
12
years
until
she
retired
in
2005.
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