Long road ends in reward for Osborne
Jamie Pandaram talks to Erin Osborne, the 19-year-old spinner selected in Australia’s World Cup squad, for the Sydney Morning Herald
Peter English
25-Feb-2013
Jamie Pandaram talks to Erin Osborne, the 19-year-old spinner selected in Australia’s World Cup squad, for the Sydney Morning Herald. Osborne has been with New South Wales, who play the domestic final on Sunday, for one season but has had a long journey to the top.
For two years, Osborne's parents, Chris and Kerry, would drive her from their Tamworth home to Sydney so she could play each Sunday for the NSW under-19 side. The trip was four-and-a-half hours each way and by the time the Osbornes reached home it was often 1am on Monday, giving them just a few hours of sleep before waking for work.
Every metre of the journey was rewarded when the offspinner Osborne, just 19, was selected in Australia's final World Cup squad this week after a stunning debut season in the Women's National Cricket League.
Peter English is former Australasia editor of ESPNcricinfo