MY JOURNEY
'I grew up in a hugely sporty family - dad was a professional footballer, my older sister trialled for England netball, and my older brother played cricket professionally - and we were always playing cricket in the back garden. My brother was an opening batter by trade and my sister was the wicket keeper, which explains how I became a bowler. I was always at my brother's local cricket club, too. From there, my story is a simple one of being in the right place at the right time, surrounded by the right people.
'I always wanted to play with the boys, and I was lucky that my brother's team let me in to play for the under-11s at nine years old. Politics came into play as I grew older and began challenging for a place on the senior team, mainly because there'd never been a girl playing for a first team in our league. But the Lancashire women's cricket set-up was quite well established, and I made my senior debut for them at 13-years-old which is quite ludicrous really.
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