Her 56 against West Indies was also at Lord’s – the venue for Sunday’s final – and steered her side for victory from a perilous position in their chase of 171.

She is a crucial ballast in Australia’s line-up both with her experience and playing style.

She has scored at a strike-rate of 135.03 at this tournament and has been able to find the boundaries when needed. But she also has the lowest dot ball percentage (30.9%) of all batters to 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, with four wickets in the three matches she has been used.

“She’s great,” team-mate Phoebe Litchfield said.

“She’s prepping really well and she’s the ultimate professional.

“She had a total wellness day yesterday, apparently, just getting everything right.

“As you can all imagine, she wants to be out there on Sunday and is doing everything in her ability to do 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 going into the tournament finale.

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

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

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

“I feel like it is the most confident I’ve personally been in an England shirt and I feel like that radiates from everyone else as well.”