Women’s T20 World Cup: Australia count on Alyssa Healy to be match for semi-final match

Women’s T20 World Cup: Australia count on opener Alyssa Healy to be match for the semi-final conflict of the match, after she sat out the ultimate group stage fixture within the match vs South Africa.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 19, 2023 09:44 IST

Alyssa Healy didn’t play Australia’s remaining group stage match in Women’s T20 World Cup. (Reuters Photo)

By India Today Web Desk: Australia completed their group stage successful all of their matches within the T20 World Cup. They defeated South Africa by 6 wickets of their remaining group stage recreation and certified on the prime. Australia nonetheless weren’t freed from points given the health of their wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy.

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The 32-year-old sat the South Africa recreation out attributable to a quad harm, nonetheless, if Australia’s Tahlia McGrath is to be believed, it was only a precautionary measure forward of the semi-final of the match.

“It was more of a precautionary measure with coming off a serious calf injury and with a pretty hectic schedule,” McGrath was quoted as saying by the ICC web site.

“We expect her to be fully fit and ready to go for us in the semi-finals,” McGrath added.

In the absence of Healy, Ellyse Perry opened the innings, nevertheless it was Tahlia McGrath who carried out with the bat and hit a match-winning 57 off 33 balls.

“It’s a big relief,” McGrath mentioned.

“I haven’t been batting overly well and I’ve lacked some time in the middle, so I was a bit nervous to start off with,” she additional added.

“It’s been nice watching the batters at the top order do their thing, but yeah, also nice to get an opportunity tonight.”

Healy has had a sequence of accidents since late 2022, first getting sidelined with a calf harm in opposition to India in December. She was pressured to overlook their sequence in opposition to Pakistan proper after and now was sidelined from the ultimate group recreation within the T20 World Cup.

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Feb 19, 2023