Australia have named their white-ball squad for the women’s Ashes series, with young gun Georgia Voll after a “brilliant start” to her green and gold career.
The multi-format series against England kicks off on January 12 and will feature three ODIS, three T20s and one Test match.
Alyssa Healy will lead the side after a successful return against New Zealand after dealing with a knee injury, while the likes of Ellyse Perry and Alana King are there.
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Alyssa Healy will play against England. Getty Images for Cricket Austral
“We’re pleased with how the side performed in recent series against India and New Zealand and are confident we have a balanced squad capable of retaining the Ashes,” head of performance and national selector Shawn Flegler said.
“It was pleasing to see Alyssa Healy return to action against New Zealand and looked in good touch, along with a number of batters continuing their strong form on from the recent series against India.
“Whilst Georgia Voll didn’t play against New Zealand, she’s made a brilliant start to her international career and will be a strong option with the bat if required in her debut Ashes series.
“The bowling group provides plenty of variety which will be important against a strong England batting line up. The Ashes is always a fierce contest with the top two ranked teams in the world going head-to-head and this series will be no different.”
Georgia Voll of Australia celebrates after scoring a century. Getty
One player who won’t feature against England is all-rounder Sophie Molineux, who remains out of action due to a knee injury.
“Sophie Molineux will undergo left knee surgery next month, following that we will provide further updates on an anticipated return date,” physio Kate Beerworth said.
The squad for the one-off Test match will be announced at a later date.
Australia women’s Ashes squad
Alyssa Healy (c), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris*, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham
*Harris will only play in the T20 fixtures
