The women’s World Cup didn’t end the way Australia wanted it to. But finishing fourth – the co-hosts lost the third-place play-off 2-0 to Sweden on Saturday – is their best showing ever. What would endure in memory is the fierce long ranger that Matildas captain Sam Kerr struck against England in the semi-finals. The Aussies lost that game too. But that piledriver, which synchronised power and precision, would have done Roberto Carlos proud.
Not many know that Kerr has strong Indian ties. The Australian football captain, who turns 30 next year, also harbours an intense desire to connect with the country her parents migrated from. Her Anglo-Indian father Roger was born in Kolkata; his father was English and mother Indian.
