Off the Pitch

Off the Pitch is live with its very first episode! I sat down with Sarah Villinger (aka Bolo), two-time leading wicket taker for Nagambie’s senior women’s cricket team, to chat about her most recent season playing cricket and chasing that elusive flag. Transcript available at https://offthepitchwomeninsport.blogspot.com/ Additional Music: Big Beat INTRO.mp3 by NERDtasticBEATS -- https://freesound.org/s/468352/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

For this episode we’ll be chatting with Sarah Villinger or as her teammates know her – Bolo. Bolo has had a standout 2024-2025 season, making her mark with both bat and ball. With the bat, she’s averaged 9.6 with a strike rate of 57.83 and a high score of 14. But it’s with the ball where she’s really shone—taking an impressive 13 wickets at an average of 5.31, including two performances where she took 3/4. This season, Bolo was also named in the GMC Team of the Year and is our reigning leadin...