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For Jacqui Triffit and Amanda Pearton, cricket has always been a part of their lives.
From playing on the beach and in the backyard, to being a part of Tasmania's first team in the national competition, both have continued to be immersed in the game.
When they were starting out in the 1980s, it was a very different game for women.
Firstly, there was no-one to score.
"Most of the time we would come back from the ground and would have to wait for someone to tell us how many runs we scored," Pearton said.
There were limited women's toilet facilities and no change rooms, with Pearton and Triffitt often getting dressed in their cars before playing.
Pearton says she would not have had it any other way.
"We knew it was different [to the men's facilities], but we didn't question it because we just loved playing cricket," she said.
These days, the Tasmanian women's team has a well-equipped change room.
Triffitt marvels at the idea of having space to hang uniforms and gather after a match.
"Having a change room like this back in our day would have been perfect," she said.
"It would have been great to have come back, at the end of the game, come down here, sing a team song and just been able to spend time with each other."
Yet to pull up stumps
Much has changed in women's cricket, but Triffitt and Pearton are still regular fixtures. Triffitt, a retired sports psychologist, is now on the Cricket Tasmania board.
And over the past couple of years, the Tasmanian Tigers team have relied on Triffitt and Pearton for guidance and support.
This year, in a tribute to past players, Cricket Tasmania unveiled an honour board in the change rooms, listing all of the capped Tasmanian players.
Previous players are often invited down to the rooms post game to belt out the club song with the team.
"Last week [after singing the song] I actually forgot I didn't play out there on the field," Pearton said.
Triffitt says the current crop of players are a great bunch of people to spend time with.
"It is a bit of a 'pinch me' moment … whether it's that respect or whether just knowing you feel part of what they're doing."
While she would have enjoyed the modern spoils of playing professionally, there are some aspects she would not have enjoyed.
"We had a lot of fun off the ground and I think having the social media scrutiny may not have actually fitted our team!"
'Very lucky we have amazing people'
Tasmanian Tigers coach Jude Coleman says the respect for former players has always been an integral element of the club's values, but in the past year, the focus of connecting previous players with the current team has grown.
"You can really feel the buzz when past players are around us," she said.
"When you are playing for something bigger than yourself, I think it certainty means so much more to every single player, and the past players are a part of that.
"It's had a huge impact on this club.
"There have been plenty of people before them who have played and have been super proud to wear that Tassie shirt and that they should too feel that way."
Tigers captain Elyse Villani has welcomed any former Tasmanian players to be a part of the club.
"We are very, very lucky that we have amazing people that have come before us," Villani said.
"They come to the games, they get to know the girls personally and there's just this amazing respect between both groups," Villani said.
Looking ahead to the final
The current team is gearing up to play Queensland this Saturday at Bellerive.
If they win, it will be the third straight title for the team.
"We have worked really hard to get where we are and we are just looking forward to embracing it and do what we do well," Coleman said.
Pearton and Triffitt will be loudly cheering them on from the stands.
"For our story to be part of their story and to spend time with each other, in many ways it is the essence of cricket," Pearton said.