Kim Garth’s cricket journey will come full circle this week when she goes head-to-head with her former teammates at Clontarf Cricket Club, as Australia play their first one-dayers against Ireland since 2005.
There were smiles and hugs when Garth caught up with a group of Irish players including captain Laura Delany at a cricket clinic at iconic Gaelic sports stadium Croke Park on Thursday.
But on Sunday, the 27-year-old could find herself playing against Ireland for the first time since she walked away from international cricket – at the time it seemed likely forever – in early 2020 to take up a domestic contract with Victoria.
Australia and Ireland went head-to-head in a T20 World Cup warm-up game in Stellenbosch in February, but Garth sat out that match.
The fast bowler has not featured in the Australian XI since the sole Ashes Test at Trent Bridge and carried the drinks…