Hatton's girlfriend, Jess McLennan, was killed in a car accident before stomach cancer took the life of his football coach and close mate Karl Jacka months later.

The double hammer blow rocked Hatton to the core but, as he tells The Border Mail Sport Podcast, counselling and the support of sporting communities helped him beat depression and face life head-on.

His fast bowling has left opposition batsmen on both sides of the world covered in bruises and opened up opportunities in Canberra, Sydney and even reality TV!

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Hatton describes the process of opening himself back up to love and how fiancee Georgia has walked beside him in the good times and bad.

It's an interview which will make you laugh and cry as the much-loved cricketer takes us inside the moments which have shaped the man he is today.

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