The Spin | 2020 exposed women's cricket's place in hierarchy after upbeat start

A year that began with a record T20 crowd ends with fears Covid may deepen inequalities in the women’s gameFive years ago in an Australian boardroom, Kevin Roberts, the current chief executive of Cricket Australia, scratched his chin and suggested it might be time to run men’s and women’s Twenty20 World Cups as separate entities. From that kernel came the idea that Australia should try to fill the Sydney Cricket Ground for the Women’s T20 World Cup final in 2020. A couple