Murphy’s law dictates that Kim Garth was not long from walking out to bat when her mother picks up the phone. “God she probably won’t last long.” Anne-Marie’s maternal verdict betrays a truth we all understand. Even though her daughter wears the canary yellow of Australia, the nerves of the Irish parent will never dissipate.
Kim Garth’s story has been well told at this stage. A Dublin native who debuted for Ireland aged just 14, talent combined with a lack of opportunity saw her take on the challenge of making it in the world’s best women’s cricketing nation.
Irish eligibility was sacrificed in order to accept a contract Down Under. Garth was before her time in Ireland, women’s professionalism only coming into existence just as she approached the end of her residency to qualify for Australia.
Just under three years since debuting for her second country, she has donned the Au
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