Alyssa Healy, who led the UP Warriorz within the first two editions of the Girls’s Premier League (WPL), confirmed her determination to skip the upcoming season of the franchise league following Australia’s complete win within the one-off Take a look at towards England on the iconic Melbourne Cricket Floor on Saturday, February 1.
The Australian captain performed the one-off Take a look at as a specialist batter, handing the wicketkeeping duties to Beth Mooney. She did hold wickets within the ODI sequence, having missed the T20I sequence in addition to extra video games earlier than that. Now, the 34-year-old is about to overlook WPL 2025 because of a stress damage to her proper foot.
The wicketkeeper-batter has been tormented by a recurring foot damage which flared up through the T20 World Cup within the United Arab Emirates final 12 months, and the next India’s ODI tour Down Beneath in December. After Australia grew to become the primary crew to finish a Girls’s Ashes whitewash, Healy mentioned that her goal is to get well totally forward of the ODI World Cup in India later this 12 months. Nevertheless, she didn’t affirm something about her availability after the marquee occasion.
“Sadly for me, I’ve obtained a few months toes up. I am fairly bummed by that, however on the identical time elated to have a little bit little bit of downtime and attempt to get my physique proper. However I am trying ahead to sticking my toes in an ice bucket,” Healy mentioned after Australia received the Girls’s Ashes 16-nil.
“You get your self proper again taking part in and one thing else goes unsuitable. So (I’m) simply going to take a look at a few issues and the way I will be higher, perhaps a bit extra disciplined in some areas, and ensure I am proper to go particularly for that ODI World Cup. It is going to be an enormous load coming off not a variety of cricket for lots of the ladies within the winter. So simply managing issues to get proper for that. However I am trying ahead to sticking my toes in an ice bucket for a bit,” she added.
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WPL 2025 will get underway on February 14, with Gujarat Giants taking up defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru on the BCA Stadium in Vadodara.
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