"My Wife Cheated on Me:" Cricket Star Accused of Affair With Teammate

This story originally appeared on Out.The world of cricket may be unrecognizable to Americans, but the rule against cheating applies on both this continent and in Australia. This week, that's the big story down under: The brief, same-sex marriage of a sports champion and her socialite wife, reportedly wrecked by an affair with another woman. And not just any woman: The scandal rocking the national cricket team, just a week after winning the World Cup, centers on revelations that its vice captain, Ashleigh Gardner, reportedly confessed to her wife Monica Wright that she had an affair with another player on the team, Georgia Voll. And that shocking news dashed Wright's hopes of having a child with Gardner.Although these reports are only surfacing this week, the breakup was in November, reported the Daily Mail, which said their messy separation has left the Australian women’s cricket team, the most successful in the sport, in total disarray. They defeated England on July 5, and Gardner and Voll posted photos with their other teammates on Instagram to celebrate their seventh championship victory. See on Instagram According to the story, this all started late last year when Wright flew to India to attend Australia’s Cricket World Cup campaign and support her wife, unaware at that time what was happening off the pitch. "It was a little bit weird," a source told the British tabloid. "Monica sat next to Georgia at one point. She was being friendly, as she normally is. It felt like something was off with Ash, but we thought it was just the pressure of the World Cup."Unfortunately, India's team sent Australia packing in the 2025 semi-finals, and when Gardner returned to Sydney, the source claims that's when she allegedly informed Wright about her affair."When they got home, Ash said, 'Hey, look, can we talk?' She sat Monica down and said, 'I messed up,'" according to the source."Ash left one day. Monica came home and everything of Ash's was gone, except for the rings. She