Australian cricket star Alex Blackwell to marry partner in gay ceremony

By Daniel Lane
Updated July 5 2015 - 1:13am, first published 12:39am
Australian cricketer Alex Blackwell and her partner Lynsey Askew will marry in England after the women's Ashes series
Australian cricketer Alex Blackwell and her partner Lynsey Askew will marry in England after the women's Ashes series

As the demand for same-sex marriage to be legalised in Australia gains momentum, Alex Blackwell, the national cricket team's vice-captain, has revealed she will marry her partner Lynsey Askew – an English cricketer – in England after the upcoming women's Ashes series.

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