Meet the great Australian all-rounder batting on in suburban park cricket

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Bronwyn Calver hit the winning runs in a World Cup cricket final and vied for the title of best fast bowler in the world. Now she's back in the whites and playing park cricket, giving back to the game that sent her around the world.

Has any Australian bowler swung it more to take such a crucial wicket?"I'd bowled a few down the leg side and they weren't called wides. I think that added to the pressure on Drumm. I've seen footage of it — massive in-swing, perfect spot. I couldn't have bowled a better ball. It just lifted the whole team and we knew that nothing was going to stop us.

"One of the guys at work asked me four years ago whether I'd be interested in filling in for them, because he knew I'd played," Calver says. When ACT stopped entering a team in the national competition, a 15-year endless commute began to play Sydney grade cricket for Gordon, but with it came seven titles in eight seasons with New South Wales."I wanted to play that level so I had a chance at the next level."

"We were sitting in the stand at Lord's, watching England win the final, and it was just…" Calver says, still shaking her head at the memory. "I did reverse the decision and contact the chair of selectors after the 2000 World Cup loss," she says with another chuckle.

 

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