Aussie cricket star Georgia Voll ready to take game to new level
A stunning international debut last year announced Georgia Voll as a future superstar of Australian cricket. The best however is yet to come for the 21-year-old batting powerhouse.
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The evolution of Georgia Voll will not be televised but it will involve a lot ‘film work’.
With memories of a breakout 2024 cricket season which started with debuting for Australia in every format and finished with being crowned Women’s Domestic Player of the Year still fresh in her mind, Voll is already focused on what is next.
Determined to improve her game and boost her chances of future Australia caps the 21-year-old will spend the next few months watching film.
“It’s doing the simple things right,” Voll said.
“We have a big block in the next two to three months to get really fit, strong and powerful that’s three big things for me.
“In terms of cricket it’s really important working in the background with Shell Nitschke and Mark Sorell to tinker with my game.
“Making sure I’m staying ahead, obviously bowlers are going to start to know where to bowl.
“So for me it’s about finding different areas I can attack.
“The game is forever evolving and you have to keep up.
“It’s about finding different spaces to hit that I didn’t hit last year to put the bowlers back under pressure when they start bowling into areas they think I can’t hit.
“That’s the biggest thing over the next few months, sit down look at some footage and figure out areas in my game I can improve on going into the next 12 months.”
Dominating with the bat in hand Voll was a force to be reckoned with last season.
She amassed 310 runs in 10 innings for the Sydney Thunder in the WBBL and was equally impressive with the Queensland Fire.
In her 12 innings during the Player of the Year voting period, she scored 566 runs at an average of 56.6 and hit two centuries along the way.
Replacing an injured Alyssa Healy in the Australia team, Voll scored an unbeaten 46 on debut, before dominating in her second game with a stellar 101 off 87 balls.
Her achievements are all the more remarkable considering a 19cm long grade 4 hamstring tear suffered in May of last year.
“Pulling my hamstring at the start of the (cricket) year I was told by a few different people it will make or break you,” she said.
“I was in England playing, my first opportunity out of Australia and tore my hamstring in my first game. It was a grade 4c, so a tendon about 19cm long.
“It was my first major injury and trying to navigate the mental challenges, thinking I could’ve picked up a gig in The 100 last year if I had a good season there.
“It was all the what-ifs but having the mindset to come back train really hard, get back to being fit was my goal.
“To the end up six months later (debuting for Australia) was really special.”
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