St Vincent, March 19 -- Ashleigh Gardner is summoning her fearless teenage self ahead of her 100th T20I appearance, as she looks to recapture her best with the bat in the shortest format.
Gardner will become the seventh woman to play 100 T20Is in the green and gold when Australia take the field against West Indies in St Vincent on Thursday (9:30am Friday AEDT), in whatlooms as a pivotal series ahead of the T20 World Cup.
The 28-year-old arrived on the international scene in 2017 with a reputation as an explosive batter, picked to play for her country aged 19 after a breakthrough WBBL campaign.
Across the nine years since, Gardner has evolved into a true allrounder and one of the world's leading off-spinners, particularly in the one-day g...