Meet Bronwyn Calver, the great Australian all-rounder batting on in suburban park cricket

It probably wasn’t the tightest game seen at Hackett Neighbourhood Oval, but last weekend the Wood Ducks XI fell seven runs short of Barton CC in a tense round eight fixture of the Canberra City and Suburban Cricket Association 6th-grade competition.

In fairness to the Wood Ducks, the odds were against them: Barton’s captain, also its opening batter and opening bowler, contributed 73 runs, took 2-29 from nine overs and expertly marshalled her team. She also happens to be among the select few Australians to have hit the winning runs in a World Cup final, and once vied for the title of best fast bowler in the world.

Former Test and one-day international star Bronwyn Calver is a 51-year-old public servant now but not the type who wears a…