Every day between now and Christmas, spend at least 10 minutes in front of a mirror, holding out a hand and saying: 'no'.

Alyssa Healy says time in the middle will be critical ahead of next month’s Ashes, as she prepares to return from injury as a specialist bat in the one-day series against New Zealand.

We’ve finally hit that point in the year; the period when time feels liquid and we find ourselves haring through the last ...