Whanganui allrounder Jess Watkin is knocking on the door to re-enter the White Ferns team to play Australia next month.
The Central Hinds Player of the Year and T20 co-captain has spent the last few days at Winter Camp with the White Ferns in Mt Maunganui and awaits the naming of the team to travel to Australia in two weeks' time.
Watkin is no stranger to White Fern duties, although the last time she enjoyed time in the national women's side was in 2018.
New Zealand Cricket, however, have kept her close offering a development contract when that was first introduced last season and again this year, both of which Watkin signed.
Obviously selectors have taken note of Watkin's season last summer when she was named Hinds Player of the Year, an honour she also enjoyed in 2017.