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Teen sensation Phoebe Litchfield didn't 'think it was her time yet' but luckily the Australian selectors don't agree.
Litchfield is the one new face in the 15-woman squad announced on Wednesday for the multi-format Ashes series and is firming for her Test debut.
Selectors have otherwise retained all players who won the Twenty20 World Cup in February.
The 19-year-old's call-up comes after a stellar home summer, where she was dismissed only once in her first three ODIs against Pakistan and totalled 154 runs.
Long regarded as one of the country's best young talents, Litchfield also averaged 49.87 for NSW in one-day cricket, and registered her maiden WNCL century.
'I was at university, [selector] Shawn Flegler called me and I said: "I need to take this call",' Litchfield recalled.
Phoebe Litchfield has been named in Australia's squad for the Women's Ashes
The teenager revealed she was at university when she received the call from the selectors
'It was going to go one of two ways [...] I was pretty pumped, walked back in and was like: "Yep, cool".
'I'm probably the sixth or seventh batter in that top order [...] I didn't think it was my time yet.
'For so long they've been so successful [...] it shows these girls are really good and I'm just keen to be there
