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Delissa Maree Kimmince (born 14 May 1989) is an Australian former cricketer and Australian rules footballer[1] who played for the national cricket team as an all-rounder. She is a right-handed batter and right-arm fast-medium bowler who played for Queensland Fire in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Brisbane Heat in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).[2][3] In April 2021, Kimmince announced her retirement from top-level cricket.[4]

Early life

Kimmince was born and raised in Warwick, Queensland attending Warwick State High School.[5]

Cricket

Kimmince made her debut for Queensland aged 17[6] and her debut for Australia aged 18 against New Zealand in March 2008. The following year, she played in the Women's Cricket World Cup, but she then took a long break from cricket,[7] during which time Kimmince moved to London and worked in the Princess Louise pub in Holborn.[8] During this time, Kimmince was talked into playing for Warwickshire and took a three-hour train journey each way to matches each week without attending training.[8]

Kimmince returned to state cricket for the 2012–13 season, and in 2014 returned to playing for Australia, playing in the ICC World T20 tournament in Bangladesh, and in a series against Pakistan at home.[9]

In June 2015, Kimmince was named as one of Australia's touring party for the 2015 Women's Ashes in England, as a Twenty20 specialist. However, she was later ruled out due to a lower back issue.[10]

In October 2015, Kimmince assumed the captaincy of Queensland Fire, replacing Jodie Fields, who was recovering from shoulder surgery.[11] Soon afterwards, Kimmince became the inaugural captain of Brisbane Heat,[12] but in January 2017, she stepped down from that role and was replaced by Kirby Short.[13]

In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season by Cricket Australia.[14] In October 2018, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[15][16]

In November 2018, she was named in Brisbane Heat's squad for the 2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season.[17][18] In April 2019, Cricket Australia awarded her with a contract ahead of the 2019–20 season.[19][20]

In June 2019, Cricket Australia named her in Australia's team for their tour to England to contest the Women's Ashes.[21][22] On 4 July 2019, in the second Women's One Day International (WODI) match of the Women's Ashes, Kimmince took her first five-wicket haul in WODIs.[23] In January 2020, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[24]

Australian rules football

On 26 September 2016, Kimmince was announced as the Brisbane Lions' second rookie signing for the inaugural AFL Women's (AFLW) season in 2017.[25] She made her AFLW debut for Brisbane in their Round 6, 2017 clash with the Western Bulldogs.[26] At the end of the 2017 season, she was delisted by the Lions.[27]

Personal life

Kimmince became engaged to her Brisbane Heat teammate Laura Harris in November 2019, after dating Harris for four years.[6][28] They married in Marburg, Queensland in August 2020.[29]

References

  1. ^ "Delissa Kimmince". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Queensland Fire". Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Players". Brisbane Heat. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Teen speedster earns CA contract as veteran retires". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  5. ^ [Delissa makes it] from Warwick Daily News 22 November 2006
  6. ^ a b Whiting, Frances (22 November 2019). "Brisbane Heat: Delissa Kimmince's triumph over personal tragedy". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  7. ^ Jolly, Laura (30 July 2018). "Kimmince's comeback a breath of fresh air". Cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  8. ^ a b Jolly, Laura (31 May 2019). "England just the ticket for Kimmince". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Delissa Kimmince". Cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 4 August 2018.
  10. ^ "Women's Ashes: Australia include three potential Test debutants". BBC. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  11. ^ Walsh, Gerard (8 October 2015). "Warwick's Kimmince to lead National Cricket League campaign". Warwick Daily News. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  12. ^ Dillon, Phil (6 December 2016). "Heat full of burning desire for new season". Sunshine Coast Daily. APN News & Media. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  13. ^ McInerney, Matthew (6 January 2017). "Short named to captain Brisbane Heat's WBBL side". Warwick Daily News. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  14. ^ "Molineux, Kimmince among new Australia contracts; Beams, Cheatle miss out". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  15. ^ "Australia reveal World Twenty20 squad". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  16. ^ "Jess Jonassen, Nicole Bolton in Australia's squad for ICC Women's World T20". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  17. ^ "WBBL04: All you need to know guide". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  18. ^ "The full squads for the WBBL". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Georgia Wareham handed first full Cricket Australia contract". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  20. ^ "Georgia Wareham included in Australia's 2019-20 contracts list". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  21. ^ "Molineux misses Ashes squad, Vlaeminck included". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  22. ^ "Tayla Vlaeminck beats injury to make Australian women's Ashes squad". The Guardian. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  23. ^ "Women's Ashes 2019: Australia extend lead over England with second ODI win". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  24. ^ "Sophie Molineux and Annabel Sutherland named in Australia's T20 World Cup squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  25. ^ "Lions Sign WBBL Star". Brisbane Lions. 26 September 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  26. ^ Delissa Kimmince AFLW debut post match interview
  27. ^ de Haer, Katie (26 May 2017). "AFL Women's Trade Wrap". Brisbane Lions. Bigpond. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  28. ^ Preston, Kahla. "How We Met: 'I said, "If we win the final, I'll buy her a ring"'". 9Honey. Nine Digital Pty Ltd. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  29. ^ "Lifetime off-field Partnership for Delissa Kimmince and Laura Harris, announced marriage via Instagram". Female Cricket. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
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