His 56 against the West Indies also came at Lord’s, venue of Sunday’s final, and guided his team to victory from a dangerous position in their quest for 171.

He is a crucial liability in Australia’s lineup both because of his experience and his style of play.

He has scored a strike rate of 135.03 in this tournament and has been able to find boundaries when needed. But she also has the lowest scoring percentage (30.9%) of all batsmen who have scored 1,000 runs in women’s T20 internationals.

Despite becoming only an occasional bowler during the latter part of her career, she has also been effective with the ball, taking four wickets in the three matches she has used.

“She’s great,” teammate Phoebe Litchfield said.

“She is preparing very well and is the best professional.

“Yesterday he had a day of total well-being, apparently, doing everything right.

“As everyone can imagine, she wants to be there on Sunday and is doing everything in her power to achieve that, which is the true professional that she is.”

Both Australia and England, who impressively beat South Africa in Thursday’s semi-final, are unbeaten heading into the tournament final.

It is the first time the Ashes rivals have met in a World Cup final since Australia’s 50-over victory in 2022.

England have not won a World Cup since their famous victory at Lord’s in 2017.

“It really feels like we’re building something,” all-rounder Charlie Dean said.

“I feel like it’s the most confident I’ve ever had personally in an England shirt and I feel like that radiates to everyone else too.”