RISING Australian star Georgia Wareham wants to see more international women's Tests on the calendar.
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The Mortlake export, who rose to prominance during the Southern Stars' one-day world cup-winning run, believes players and fans would embrace more long-form cricket.
"I think it's the true format of the game which I guess is pretty high-quality in the men's, so I think it would be pretty cool to showcase that a bit more often for the girls," she told The Standard in Warrnambool on Monday.
Wareham, 19, wants to be part of Australia's one-off Test match against England in the United Kingdom in July.
"It would be unreal, any chance you get to put on the Baggy Green would be an honour but I guess just getting to play the longer format of the game that we don't get to do quite often (would be special too)," she said.
The Test forms part of the women's Ashes campaign.
"Hopefully I get picked for the Ashes squad in late June or July," she said.
"I'll work my butt off in this pre-season and keep backing myself when we go back to full training."
Wareham is enjoying a break from her hectic international schedule and will return to training next month.
The spinner has been used sparingly as a batting option during her fledgling Australian career but is hopeful of playing a bigger role in coming years.
"I am always working on every part of the game but my batting especially, just being a little bit more active when I am scoring," she said.
"I think with bowling it's just trying to keep spinning the ball."
Wareham was home in the south-west for a Warrnambool and District Cricket Association girls clinic.
Cricket Victoria delivery officer James Cole said her appearance lifted the participants' spirits.
"To have Georgia here is amazing - the girls can see her and think 'she's only 10 years older than me, she lived just up the road and look where she is now, playing cricket for Australia'," he said.
"To be able to see that and see what they can achieve is unbelievable and you probably can't get a better ambassador."
Cole said the nine-week program, which was rolled out in Warrnambool for the first time this year, was for primary-aged students.
"The girls love it. We've got anywhere from aged five to 11 or 12," he said.
"I think we've had 18 or 20 girls registered and they got a chance to go up to the Junction Oval and play on there a couple of weeks ago too in the middle of the Australia-New Zealand game."
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