"At some point reality kicks in and I was getting towards the end of my career. He previously wrote for the Guardian, The Australian, The Times, The Telegraph, The Hindu and Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack and is the author of,Fingers on the paint: McDermott enters Hall of Fame,Contenders shape up for Australian Cricket Awards. "The manageress than said to the twelfth, 'Can you go and get some ice', so Patsy May came back … and put the ice in the brandy! ".It's hardly surprising that many of Tredrea's fondest memories, and closest friendships, remain rooted in the tightly knit structure of Melbourne's club cricket.The first-ever World Cup proved a triumph for Heyhoe-Flint's England who thumped Australia by 92 runs in the title decider at Edgbaston – "we played probably our worst game in the final", Tredrea offers – and a pivotal moment for the promising fast bowler, who had just turned 19.Prior to embarking on a three-week post-tournament campervan trek around Europe with a group of her teammates, Tredrea was summoned to a de-brief with her captain Miriam Knee who suggested her young spearhead might benefit from having a specialist coach back home in Melbourne.The mentor Knee had in mind was her own trusted technical adviser, former fast bowler Nell McLarty, who had been part of the historic first Test against England at the Gabba in 1934 and the Australia women's team's first tour to the UK three years later.McLarty had been forced into retirement by the muscular-skeleto condition spondylitis that left her body almost doubled-over by the time Tredrea joined the select group of elite and club-level players under her coaching tuition.But it was that professional partnership and enduring bond that took the teenager to the top of the global women's game, and fundamentally changed her life.As her career progressed, and even after she stopped playing, Tredrea would visit McLarty at her South Melbourne home and watch televised Test matches in silent reverence, not being so presumptuous as to speak until her coach kicked off a conversation with an observation of what was happening on-screen.Despite her physical limitations, McLarty ran her weekly 7am Sunday morning coaching sessions with almost-military oversight, ensuring each player batted for a full 30 minutes and everyone bowled at the peak of their ability for the duration of the drills.
"I went along to that championship thinking, 'Well, they have a lot of good players and they're all anxious about getting picked for England, so I'll be the one carrying the drinks and getting some experience', because I was so much younger than everyone else," she said.
"So I copped a few bruises … but I gave some out as well. "But being in the Hall of Fame is something that goes on forever, so the family – nephews (including former Port Adelaide premiership captain Warren Tredrea) and nieces, great-nephews and great-nieces, there's thousands of them – can probably relate to it down the track. ".By 1984, Australia's women's cricketers were involved in an international series – whether Test and/or ODIs – every year.While the increased scheduling made for greater exposure and opportunities, it also took a harsher physical and financial toll on Tredrea who had relied on the benevolence of her employer, the State Bank of Victoria, to continue playing amateur sport at an elite level.The bank job was a key component of Tredrea's trade-off with her father when she began pursuing a serious cricket career.Her dad was mindful that she had an employment option to fall back upon should the sporting dream not work out or be ended prematurely, and he wanted her to supplement that paid work with additional study.Having undertaken various promotional roles in addition to administrative bank work, in 1985 Tredrea was offered a position within the organisation's treasury structure which opened up to her the world of investment advice and financial planning.It also meant, as she entered her 30s and continued her lengthy rehabilitation from the Achilles injury, she needed to take stock of her own pecuniary position. ".cricket.com.au is a production of CA Digital Media - a division of Cricket Australia.Andrew Ramsey is the senior writer for cricket.com.au. ".Those memories, of a time when sport was a love more than a livelihood and non-playing days offered more than a visit to a nearby coffee shop and the uploading of some social media content, have proved a profound source of solace during some dark days of late.This summer, for the first time since she left Melbourne for her surf-coast sea-change, Sharon Tredrea became involved in organised cricket once again.She claims she was initially coerced into helping out with the Apollo Bay under-14s, and even though she struggled to come to grips with some of the modified rules now employed in junior competitions, she hopes to be more actively involved next summer.But her availability this season was impacted by her commitment to another 'final fling', this time for her friend Tammy Foster who she came to know through the Victoria club cricket scene during the final years of her decorated playing career.Foster – whose death last month so deeply affected Glenn Maxwell he was unable to captain Melbourne Stars in a Big Bash League fixture soon after her passing – had always wanted to take a road trip from Melbourne to Perth, a 3,500km journey across the Nullarbor Plain.So she and Tredrea, along with another friend Karen Harris set off last September, for the trip of a lifetime that featured tackling the golf course that stretches more than 1,350km along the route, with each of the 18 holes at various roadside stopping points between Ceduna and Kalgoorlie. Since his retirement from football, he has become a sports media personality featuring on Nine News Adelaide, 3AW, Triple M and in The Advertiser newspaper. "It was meant to be for her finger, but Raelee had to undergo surgery to fix the fracture and that was the end of her tour. "So for a little upstart like me just to play one tournament and get selected, I think that might have upset a few. "She didn't try to change you too much if you were a bit different, she just made sure everything tightened up and she took my bowling to another level. "I knew I had to make a choice, and I chose to take the work path which I don't regret because it opened up some amazing opportunities for me.
"I went along to that championship thinking, 'Well, they have a lot of good players and they're all anxious about getting picked for England, so I'll be the one carrying the drinks and getting some experience', because I was so much younger than everyone else," she said.
"So I copped a few bruises … but I gave some out as well. "But being in the Hall of Fame is something that goes on forever, so the family – nephews (including former Port Adelaide premiership captain Warren Tredrea) and nieces, great-nephews and great-nieces, there's thousands of them – can probably relate to it down the track. ".By 1984, Australia's women's cricketers were involved in an international series – whether Test and/or ODIs – every year.While the increased scheduling made for greater exposure and opportunities, it also took a harsher physical and financial toll on Tredrea who had relied on the benevolence of her employer, the State Bank of Victoria, to continue playing amateur sport at an elite level.The bank job was a key component of Tredrea's trade-off with her father when she began pursuing a serious cricket career.Her dad was mindful that she had an employment option to fall back upon should the sporting dream not work out or be ended prematurely, and he wanted her to supplement that paid work with additional study.Having undertaken various promotional roles in addition to administrative bank work, in 1985 Tredrea was offered a position within the organisation's treasury structure which opened up to her the world of investment advice and financial planning.It also meant, as she entered her 30s and continued her lengthy rehabilitation from the Achilles injury, she needed to take stock of her own pecuniary position. ".cricket.com.au is a production of CA Digital Media - a division of Cricket Australia.Andrew Ramsey is the senior writer for cricket.com.au. ".Those memories, of a time when sport was a love more than a livelihood and non-playing days offered more than a visit to a nearby coffee shop and the uploading of some social media content, have proved a profound source of solace during some dark days of late.This summer, for the first time since she left Melbourne for her surf-coast sea-change, Sharon Tredrea became involved in organised cricket once again.She claims she was initially coerced into helping out with the Apollo Bay under-14s, and even though she struggled to come to grips with some of the modified rules now employed in junior competitions, she hopes to be more actively involved next summer.But her availability this season was impacted by her commitment to another 'final fling', this time for her friend Tammy Foster who she came to know through the Victoria club cricket scene during the final years of her decorated playing career.Foster – whose death last month so deeply affected Glenn Maxwell he was unable to captain Melbourne Stars in a Big Bash League fixture soon after her passing – had always wanted to take a road trip from Melbourne to Perth, a 3,500km journey across the Nullarbor Plain.So she and Tredrea, along with another friend Karen Harris set off last September, for the trip of a lifetime that featured tackling the golf course that stretches more than 1,350km along the route, with each of the 18 holes at various roadside stopping points between Ceduna and Kalgoorlie. Since his retirement from football, he has become a sports media personality featuring on Nine News Adelaide, 3AW, Triple M and in The Advertiser newspaper. "It was meant to be for her finger, but Raelee had to undergo surgery to fix the fracture and that was the end of her tour. "So for a little upstart like me just to play one tournament and get selected, I think that might have upset a few. "She didn't try to change you too much if you were a bit different, she just made sure everything tightened up and she took my bowling to another level. "I knew I had to make a choice, and I chose to take the work path which I don't regret because it opened up some amazing opportunities for me.