21-10-2021 13:34 via theguardian.com

The cricketer who dazzled on her Test debut but was never picked again

Grace Gooder took six English wickets in one innings, yet was never picked for New Zealand again. Instead, she became a psychiatric nurse and spent her life caring for prisonersBy Trevor Auger for The NightwatchmanSo there I was at the beginning of November 2020, sitting in Auckland’s Spark Arena anticipating the Covid-delayed concert by local musical legend Dave Dobbyn, shortly to become Sir Dave Dobbyn and already “world famous in New Zealand”.I was particularly enjoying the
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