BOWLED OVER by Jemma

Aussie cricketer Jemma isn’t letting her illness get in the way of her sporting dreams Jemma Barsby, 23, Brisbane, Qld

As told to April Glover

Playing another round of backyard cricket, my dad, Trevor, looked amazed. ‘You’ve got quite the arm on you, Jem!’ he laughed. Aged six, I was a sports nut, and I took our family matches very seriously! My parents, brothers and I were all cricket mad. So I was thrilled when I got to tag along to training sessions with the under 17s women’s cricket league. It wasn’t long before I was playing first-grade matches and was then drafted to the Queensland Fire side at 15. Show them what you’re made of, I told myself before my debut on the field. The thrill of hitting a six to the sound of a roaring crowd was an unmatched feeling. By 2015, at 19, I was given the chance of a lifetime to…

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