Beth Mooney picked up a niggle while filling in for Alyssa Healy with the gloves, prompting Australia to ease her through the series with Pakistan. Beth Mooney is expected to be fit for Australia’s second T20I against Pakistan on Thursday, as the hosts seek a series-sealing win in their first game in Hobart since 2016. Beth Mooney did not begin the batting in Australia’s pursuit of Pakistan’s 118 all out in the first T20I on Tuesday, instead teaming with Meg Lanning at the top of the order.
Beth Mooney with an eye on World Cup
Australia chose to be careful since the wicketkeeper-opener was sore after filling in for the injured Alyssa Healy behind the wickets throughout the three ODIs – when she also scored 57no and 133 – and the first innings of Tuesday’s game. The Australians do not have a backup wicketkeeper in their 14-man roster, and Healy will not be able to participate until the T20 World Cup in South Africa next month. “Moons has had a heavy effort in this series, scoring runs and keeping wickets, and Beth Mooney just had a little niggle,” Australia coach Shelley Nitschke said at Hobart airport on Wednesday.
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“Given the upcoming cricket, we believed it was best if she dropped down the order and erred on the side of caution with that one. “We anticipate that she will be fit; she will be evaluated on the day. If Beth Mooney is ruled out of Thursday’s second T20I at Blundstone Arena, Australia may look to fly in either NSW keeper Tahlia Wilson, who was selected for the Governor-XI General’s earlier this month but was forced to withdraw due to COVID, or Victorian Nicole Faltum, who ended up playing in the GGXI game.
Georgia Redmayne, a Queensland and Brisbane Heat wicketkeeper Beth Mooney was a traveling reserve for last year’s one-day World Cup in New Zealand, is out after rupturing her Achilles tendon during the WBBL playoffs. Despite missing both usual T20I openers, Australia easily reached their goal of 119 at North Sydney Oval, driven by Perry’s undefeated 57. That adaptability impressed Nitschke, as Australia prepares to compete for a third straight T20 World Cup crown.
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We don’t have Alyssa Healy here right now, so we’ve had to adjust our batting order a little… People can play a variety of roles, which is great to know coming into the event “She said. This will be the Australian women’s first game in Hobart in over six years; they last played here in an ODI against India on February 7, 2016. Heather Graham, the only Tasmanian in the team, is one of those battling for a place in the XI after carrying drinks in the first T20I with Kim Garth and Georgia Wareham.
With Australia likely to be conservative about workloads throughout the series as they prepare for the T20 World Cup, some changes to the bowling attack might be made over the two remaining matches. I believe they’re all in the frame every game, and we’ll simply review the circumstances, the competition, and what we could require,” Nitschke said.
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