Ash Gardner has admitted her relationship with teammate Georgia Voll in the course of the breakdown of her marriage broken her repute, however insisted teammates imagine she is an efficient one who made poor choices.
The Australian vice-captain, 29, has mentioned she was shocked the breakdown of her marriage grew to become so public, including she was dissatisfied the controversy overshadowed Australia‘s Twenty20 World Cup triumph.
‘My repute has been tarnished with the general public,’ Gardner instructed The Courier Mail on Wednesday.
‘However I assume one thing that I all the time attempt to try to do when representing any group that I play in is be the most effective teammate that I can, and hopefully present what this group means to me once I’m taking part in for them.’
‘I do know deep down [my teammates] nonetheless suppose that I am a superb particular person and I’ve simply made some poor choices.
‘I assume that is the most effective factor, and with the ability to mirror on that has been actually necessary for me.’
Australian ladies’s cricket vice-captain Ash Gardner has given her first in-depth interview since her estranged spouse publicly accused her of dishonest with teammate Georgia Voll
Gardner and Monica Wright married within the Blue Mountains in April 2025 earlier than their relationship broke down later that 12 months
Voll (pictured) and Gardner have been in Europe between the T20 World Cup and The Hundred when the controversy grew to become public
The all-rounder stays Australia’s joint vice-captain alongside Tahlia McGrath, regardless of Wright questioning whether or not she met the ‘excessive ethical customary’ anticipated of a pacesetter.
Gardner and Wright married within the Blue Mountains in April 2025, having met on a courting app in 2020 and proposed to 1 one other in April 2024.
In accordance with The Courier Mail, Gardner’s relationship with Voll started throughout final 12 months’s World Cup in India.
The connection grew to become a public controversy in July when Wright shared {a photograph} of Voll on Instagram with the message: ‘That is who my spouse cheated on me with.’
Gardner and Voll have been in Europe between the T20 World Cup and The Hundred when the story erupted.
‘I used to be actually shocked, as you possibly can think about,’ Gardner mentioned.
‘I actually did not anticipate the scenario to take the trail that it did, or to grow to be as public as what it did.
‘However I additionally perceive that everybody has their very own approach of coping with tough conditions.’
Gardner (pictured proper) has admitted the controversy surrounding her private life has ‘tarnished’ her public repute
Voll (pictured) is now in a relationship with Gardner, who stays Australia’s joint vice-captain
Gardner mentioned she had since taken time to mirror and conceded she may need underestimated how far the story would unfold.
‘I can perceive clearly [Monica’s] perspective,’ she mentioned.
‘So for me, it was attempting to, I assume, keep constructive in what was a fairly difficult time with this being so public and possibly going additional than possibly what I assumed, so possibly that was me being slightly bit naive.’
The controversy erupted simply days after Australia beat England at Lord’s to reclaim the T20 World Cup trophy.
Gardner, a two-time Belinda Clark Award winner, mentioned the eye on her private life had taken the main target away from the squad’s unbeaten marketing campaign.
‘One of the disappointing issues was the dialog across the scenario considerably overshadowed the success that we might had on the World Cup,’ she mentioned.
Wright beforehand criticised Cricket Australia’s dealing with of the scenario, questioning why Gardner had been allowed to stay in senior management roles.
‘I feel if you happen to’re privileged sufficient to symbolize your nation and be seen as a job mannequin, there is a duty to carry your self to a excessive ethical customary,’ she instructed The Daily Telegraph in August.
Gardner shares Australia’s vice-captaincy with Tahlia McGrath underneath captain Sophie Molineux
‘Captains are anticipated to set the usual, and that type of conduct falls effectively in need of it.’
Wright additionally raised issues a couple of potential battle of curiosity involving Gardner and Voll.
However Cricket Australia stood by Gardner, saying it had identified concerning the scenario for months and had launched measures to handle conflicts.
Chief government Todd Greenberg mentioned in August that further safeguards would guarantee issues corresponding to choice have been dealt with appropriately the place private relationships have been concerned.
Gardner publicly addressed the separation that month, thanking the Cricket Australia board for supporting her continued management.
‘I’m grateful for the time Monica and I shared and sorry for the ache this has triggered. I want her nothing however happiness and success sooner or later,’ she mentioned on social media.
The Each day Mail beforehand reported particulars of the break up by an unnamed supply, who claimed a dialog on the couple’s Northern Seashores dwelling after the India tour successfully ended their marriage.
The supply claimed the couple had been planning to start out a household and that Wright cancelled a fertility clinic reserving following the separation.
Gardner is now making ready for Australia’s first collection for the reason that scandal grew to become public, with the group going through Bangladesh in three one-day internationals in Brisbane from Friday. McGrath is ready to captain the facet.
She maintained that her relationship with Voll had not value her the nationwide captaincy following Alyssa Healy’s departure.
‘I would not be in choice conferences or have the ultimate say if it concerned Georgia, however I could also be consulted on the group, group make-up, excluding her,’ Gardner mentioned.
‘Clearly simply the discussions round if Georgia’s in it, that is once I must step out of the dialog.’
Gardner mentioned coach Shelley Nitschke and selector Shawn Flegler finally made choice choices on tour.
