Even though we're not playing for sheep stations, I could be facing Shane Warne at some stage," Litchfield told The Herald. “I probably won’t sleep the night before.”
Alex Blackwell, the former Australian captain and Litchield’s Sydney Thunder teammate, broke the news to her.
“I thought she had the wrong number. There's 200 other girls who could be playing," said the New South Wales schoolgirl. "I was like, 'yes, totally'. I don't think anyone would say no to it."
Litchfield set tongues wagging with some mature finishing acts in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL). She perhaps doesn’t remember much about watching the likes of Shane Warne, Ricky Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar – all of whom are a part of the Bushfire Cricket Bash – but she is aware that the occasion and the opportunity that she has got is a pretty good one.
“I feel like I'll be so nervous to meet everyone. I don't know why I've been picked to play.”
Litchfield’s cousins are some of those who have been affected and she is glad to play a part in helping the affected.
It's terrible what's happened, my cousins have been in around Cooma,” she said. “It means a lot we can raise money for those in need. To create some entertainment out of this rough patch is nice. I'm happy to be a part of it.”
While most of her age are playing cricket for their school or club, Litchfield has a tale to tell her schoolmates, when she will meet them after the summer holiday.