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'It all started in the mud of that era': The Australian coach that took Pakistan to their very first Women's Cricket World Cup

In mid-1997, Jodie Davis got a call that changed her life forever.

Almost a decade on from her stint as an Australian player, the 30-year-old, Canberra-based sports biomechanist was working at the Australian Institute of Sport, juggling various coaching roles.

She was also still playing cricket at a state level and travelling up to Sydney each weekend to represent the Gordon Women's Cricket Club.

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