Anna O’Donnell - Foundation Player, Premier Cricketer and High Performance Coach

About this episode

Anna O’Donnell shares her journey as a prominent cricketer and coach in Victorian Premier Cricket.

Anna is one of CWOB’s inaugural players from 2011 who has gone on to enjoy a celebrated career in Victorian Premier Cricket and currently sits in fourth position for the all-time number of games played. Anna was elected Captain of the famous Melbourne Cricket Club at just 18 years of age and has embarked on a wonderful cricket journey with the MCC, Dandenong and Monash University Cricket Clubs as well as spending two seasons playing with the Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club in England. Along this...

People in this episode

Host: Ken Jacobs

Guest: Anna O’Donnell

Topics covered

• cricket
• sports career
• high performance coaching
• women in sports
• Premier Cricket

Keywords

• Anna O’Donnell
• cricket
• Melbourne Cricket Club
• Premier Cricket
• high performance coach

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Melbourne Cricket Club, Dandenong Cricket Club, Monash University Cricket Clubs, Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club

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