Out of favour Australia all-rounder James Faulkner took to Instagram on his 29th birthday to reveal that he is in a same sex relationship. The World Cup winning cricketer on Monday shared a photograph of himself having dinner with his mother Roslyn Carol Faulkner and his boyfriend of five years, Rob Jubb. In 2011, former England international Steven Davies became the sport’s first active professional player to announce that he is gay. After four years of courtship, Kiwi women cricketers Satterthwaite and Tahuhu got engaged in 2014 before getting married in March 2017. More recently, on April 19, two women cricketers tied the knot after New Zealand batswoman Hayley Jensen, who has played 8 ODIs and 20 T20Is, married uncapped Australian cricketer Nicola Hancock.

Source: Hindustan Times April 29, 2019 16:41 UTC