Australia have determined to go on with the World Cup-winning squad for the Girls’s T20 occasion which can be taking for the primary time within the 2022 version of the Commonwealth Video games. Meg Lanning can be main the unchanged squad that lifted the 50-over World Cup earlier this yr in New Zealand whereas defeating England by a large margin of 71 runs.
Nevertheless, the Australian squad could be lacking the providers of head coach Matthew Mott, who has accepted the supply from ECB to be their males’s white-ball coach. On this case, Shelley Nitschke can be wanting over the duties as interim girls’s head coach. Star batter Ellyse Perry who’s coping with a again harm is predicted to maneuver into the match as a pure batter.
“Her availability to bowl can be depending on her progress within the coming weeks and on the medical recommendation,” staff physiotherapist Kate Beerworth stated as quoted by Cricbuzz.
Different injured gamers who’ve been sidelined from the mega occasion embrace Georgia Wareham, Sophie Molineux, and Tayla Vlaeminck. Australia will kick off its journey with some coaching classes on the Nationwide Cricket Centre subsequent month. After that, the squad will function in a tri-series involving Eire and Pakistan to gear up for the Commonwealth Video games.
We’ve all grown up watching the Commonwealth Video games on TV: Australia skipper Meg Lanning
“To be there with athletes from badminton, squash, garden bowls and a bunch of different sports activities goes to be a beautiful new expertise for our gamers to embrace. We’ve all grown up watching the Commonwealth Video games on TV, seeing Australian athletes encourage the remainder of the nation, and we’re hoping to do the identical,” stated Australia skipper Meg Lanning.
Australia Squad for Commonwealth Video games: Meg Lanning (c), Rachael Haynes (vc), Darcie Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Amanda-Jade Wellington
