Australia’s women’s cricket team recently won the ODI World Cup. (Pic Credit CA)
Australia has announced its women’s team for the Commonwealth Games-2022 and along with it has selected the team for the tri-series with Pakistan, Ireland.
Commonwealth Games-2022 is to be organized in England this year. Cricket has got a place in these sports after a long time. Women’s cricket has been included in these games to be held in Birmingham and the format will be T20. Before this, cricket got a place in the Commonwealth Games in 1998. Then the men’s teams took part. Australia has announced its women’s cricket team for these games. Cricket Australia has selected the same team which won the ODI World Cup. Australia’s women’s cricket team will start their campaign in the Commonwealth Games against India on 29 July.
Australia has also selected the same team for the T20 International tri-series against Ireland and Pakistan. The tri-series in Northern Ireland will give Meg Lanning’s team a chance to prepare under interim head coach Shelly Nischke, who took over after the departure of Matthew Mott. Mott has joined England’s limited overs men’s team. He has recently got the responsibility of the head coach.
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Perry got the place even after the injury
Apart from winning the 50-over World Cup in New Zealand, Australia is also the T20 world champion and has recently won series against arch-rivals England and India. Australia have named Ellyse Perry in the squad but she is expected to play only as a batsman on the tour as she has not fully recovered from a stress fracture in her groin.
Such is Australia’s program
Australia will face Pakistan in their opening match of the tri-series on 16 July. On July 17, this team will take on Ireland. On July 21, this team will once again face Ireland and on July 23, the second match will be against Pakistan. On the other hand, if we talk about the schedule of the Commonwealth Games, after playing against India on 29 July, the Australian team will face Barbados on 31 July and then will face Pakistan on 3 August.
The Commonwealth team of Australia is as follows:
Meg Lenning (Captain), Rachel Haynes, Darcy Brown, Nicola Carey, Ashley Gardner, Grace Harris, Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Elena King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Alice Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Amanda-Jade Wellington.
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