Women’s T20 World Cup: Meg Lanning confirms Alyssa Healy will play in Australia’s opening match towards New Zealand

Women’s T20 World Cup: Australia captain Meg Lanning confirmed that Alyssa Healy will play within the defending champions’ opening match towards New Zealand.

New Delhi ,UPDATED: Feb 10, 2023 23:25 IST

Alyssa Healy is match and accessible for Australia’s opening match. (Photo: Cricket Australia)

By India Today Web Desk: Australia captain Meg Lanning confirmed that wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy will play within the workforce’s opening match on the Women’s T20 World Cup 2023.

The defending champions Australia will start its marketing campaign towards New Zealand on February 11. Healy had suffered a calf damage through the T20I tour of India. Subsequently, she was compelled to overlook the T20Is towards Pakistan.

“Obviously, Midge [Healy] comes back in so someone, unfortunately, has to miss out from the team that played in the Pakistan series,” Lanning mentioned within the press convention on the eve of the match.

“It is a very difficult decision, but at the same time, it is really nice to have Midge back. She looks like she is really strong and fit and is ready to come into this tournament to play well.”

Lanning additional mentioned that Healy has been ready to get on the sector as her report speaks for itself on the large stage.

“We know the threat that Midge brings and she will have been waiting in the wings for a while,” mentioned Lanning. “I think her record speaks for itself in World Cups in particular.”

“We know that she’s fit and available and that she will probably be fronting up at the top of the order. And for us, it’s about how we keep her quiet and even better try and get her out early.”

The Australian captain added that she and her workforce are tremendous excited for the Women’s T20 World Cup as they’d be taking part in in South Africa for the primary time.

“I’m super excited to be here,” Lanning said. “World Cups are all the time very particular to be part of, there is a very completely different vitality and a very nice vitality round these kinds of tournaments.

“We come into this World Cup on level pegging with everybody else and we’re coming here to win and we know how difficult that is. I’m just excited about the challenge that brings, as is the team. We are also really pumped to be playing here in South Africa for the first time, which is something new.”

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Feb 10, 2023