The Australia Women’s cricketer Megan Schutt is set to play her 200th international match across all formats.
Megan Schutt Prepares for 200th International Match
The 31-year-old Megan Schutt will be the sixth Woman to play in 200 International matches. She has revealed the prospect of achieving the milestone during the first ODI of the South Africa Women’s tour of Australia in 2024.
“It makes you feel a bit old, to be honest,” Schutt, the 31-year-old quick, told reporters on Friday. “Game one, I didn’t even expect to play that in my lifetime. So to get to 200 is pretty darn cool and having it at Adelaide Oval is fate in itself and extremely special.”
“I love the game,” she said. “It’s a stupid game and there’s so much more failure than success but I just love it.”
“I love the people that are involved in it, and it’s a game that keeps evolving as well. I keep striving to be better. Being a fast bowler in a batter’s game is quite tough but I kind of like the challenge.”
“Admittedly it’s a bit harder to get out of bed in the mornings. But I’ll keep pushing hard in the gym, doing what I can, and if I keep getting a contract, I will keep playing.”
“The most rewarding part is being a bowler and having played that much cricket, there’s not many players around that have played as much cricket as I have.”
“I guess not being an express pace bowler helps me, but [reaching 200 games] as a bowler is probably a special achievement.”
While making her international debut in an ODI in December 2012 saying that she would continue to play Cricket as long as Australia wanted me.
Schutt has bagged 260 wickets in her 87 ODIs, 108 T20Is, and four Test matches.
“Admittedly, it’s a bit harder to get out of bed in the mornings,” she said. “But I’ll keep pushing hard in the gym, doing what I can, and if I keep getting a contract, I will keep playing.”
“I mean, 86,000 people at the MCG; I was super-sceptical that we were going to get 20,000,” she said. “That was a real life-changing moment for me and something I’ll always remember. If I had to bank one moment in my life, it’s probably that.”
Australia and South Africa Women are set to play in the first ODI match on February 03 at Adelaide Oval.
