Fatigue eroded the explosive young Australia batter’s form earlier this year but a break has her in good shape heading into the T20 World Cup

Here is a story that says a lot about cricket’s next generation star, Phoebe Litchfield.

When she was 16 and a relative newcomer to the Sydney Thunder in the WBBL, Litchfield decided to play a prank on a newly-arrived “rookie” on the team, who happened to be the England captain Heather Knight.