E253 | Melie Kerr

23 Mar

Written By Ana Morris

0:00 - Melie Kerr joins BTB fresh off White Ferns captaincy & T20 century on debut

12:33 - Growing up in NZ's most celebrated cricket family

17:03 - Drawing up field placements at age 8 & never using a sports psych

27:42 - Following Susie Bates around like a shadow as a young White Fern

46:47 - Getting picked for her first World Cup — the moment it became real

52:15 - When things started going wrong: panic attacks, nightmares & deep sadness

1:03:12 - The darkest time: no sleep, crying every morning and night

1:11:08 - "That voice saying you shouldn't be here anymore — and it didn't scare me"

1:14:20 - The family intervention that changed everything

1:56:08 - Splitting purpose between cricket and Treading Water — what she wrote at 19

E252 | Liam Messam