Gardner was in line to feature in the historic day-night Test of 2017, at the Sydney Cricket Ground, during the previous Ashes series. She was named in the final 13-member squad, but eventually couldn’t claim a spot in the XI, after Australia made a u-turn on her selection by opting for an extra seamer.

Currently, women’s Test matches don’t exist beyond the Ashes, and even there, it is limited to a one-off game. Realising how rare opportunities to don the whites are in women’s cricket, Gardner said she would adapt as best as she can to try and fit into the Test mould.

“It [Test matches] only comes around once every two years, and only eleven people can play, which is quite hard, but it’s a professional sport at the end of the day,” Gardner said. “You have to prove to the people that select these teams that I can do it and I am willing to adapt the way that I play to be in that team.”