Delissa Maree Kimmince (born 14 May 1989) is an Australian former

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er and Australian rules footballer who played for the national cricket team as an

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. She is a right-handed batter and right-arm

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bowler who played for

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in the

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(WNCL) and the

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in the

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(WBBL). In April 2021, Kimmince announced her retirement from top-level cricket.

Cricket

Kimmince made her debut for Queensland aged 17 and her debut for Australia aged 18 against New Zealand in March 2008. The following year, she played in the

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, but she then took a long break from cricket, during which time Kimmince moved to London and worked in the Princess Louise pub in

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. During this time, Kimmince was talked into playing for

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and took a three-hour train journey each way to matches each week without attending training. Kimmince returned to state cricket for the 2012–13 season, and in 2014 returned to playing for Australia, playing in the ICC World T20 tournament in Bangladesh, and in a series against Pakistan at home. In June 2015, Kimmince was named as one of Australia's touring party for the 2015 Women's Ashes in England, as a

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specialist. However, she was later ruled out due to a lower back issue. In October 2015, Kimmince assumed the captaincy of

, replacing

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, who was recovering from shoulder surgery. Soon afterwards, Kimmince became the inaugural captain of

, but in January 2017, she stepped down from that role and was replaced by Kirby Short. In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season by

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. In October 2018, she was named in Australia's squad for the

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tournament in the West Indies. In November 2018, she was named in

's squad for the

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. In April 2019,

awarded her with a contract ahead of the 2019–20 season. In June 2019, Cricket Australia named her in Australia's team for their tour to England to contest the Women's Ashes. On 4 July 2019, in the second

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(WODI) match of the Women's Ashes, Kimmince took her first five-wicket haul in WODIs. In January 2020, she was named in Australia's squad for the

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in Australia.

Australian rules football

On 26 September 2016, Kimmince was announced as the

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' second rookie signing for the inaugural

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(AFLW) season in 2017. She made her AFLW debut for Brisbane in their Round 6, 2017 clash with the

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. At the end of the 2017 season, she was delisted by the Lions.

Personal life

Kimmince became engaged to her Brisbane Heat teammate

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in November 2019, after dating Harris for four years. They married in

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in August 2020.

References

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