skipper

It was the skipper who got Australia over the line in the thrilling first Test at Edgbaston in 2023, when England seemed on course for victory.

In that same interview from last summer, she expressed uncertainty over whether she could eventually play under another skipper.

As the players and fans revelled in Rome, all demanding "two more years" for skipper Luke Donald, statisticians reached for the record books.

European skipper John Jacobs was also unimpressed, saying they turned up "dressed as though they were going on a camping holiday".

Both skippers are also unanimous in their desire for the week to end in harmony, though.