Australian Women’s Cricket Team ready for a monumental summer Source: Cricket Australia CA Multicultural Media (eLanka) Australia’s world champion Women’s Cricket Team take on their first challenge of the blockbuster summer of cricket tonight in Mackay. ...

Read More →

Australia name squad for CommBank Women’s T20 Series, ICC Women’s T20 World Cup Source: Cricket Australia CA Multicultural Media (eLanka) The Cricket Australia National Selection Panel (NSP) has today named a 15-player squad for the CommBank Women’s T20I Series against New Zealand and ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in the United Arab Emirates. MEDIA OPPORTUNITY: Alyssa Healy, Tahlia McGrath, Pheobe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Annabel Sutherland and Ashleigh Gardner will be available to media at 1pm AEST today in Sydney, outside Foxtel Studios (5 Thomas Holt Dr, North Ryde). Please contact Kate Warnock (0419 316 135) on arrival. Australia will face New Zealand in a three-match T20I series in Mackay and Brisbane before travelling to the UAE to defend its World Cup crown. Victory would see Australia become the first team, men or women’s, to claim four consecutive T20 World Cup titles. The 15 players selected are: Alyssa Healy (NSW / Sydney ...

Read More →

MEDIA RELEASE – Countdown to historic Ashes Day-Night Test begins Australia captain Alyssa Healy and vice-captain Tahlia McGrath are preparing to light up the MCG as the countdown to the historic CommBank Women’s Ashes Day-Night Test Match begins. Healy and McGrath were at the MCG last night to mark six months to go until Australia and England play in the first-ever day-night Test at the stadium between January 30 – February 2, 2025. Click here for imagery, vision and interviews of Alyssa Healy and Tahlia McGrath at the MCG to launch the countdown to the day-night Test. The match coincides with the 90th anniversary of the first ever women’s Test Match at the MCG, which was the third Test of the Australia-England series in 1934-35. Australia captain Alyssa Healy said: “We can’t wait to play the first-ever day-night Test at MCG. It’s going to be a special occasion as we ...

Read More →

Australian Women best Indians to win Commonwealth Cup-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Valkerie Banes in ESPNCricinfo, 9 August 2022, where the title reads  “The new ‘Invincibles’ add more glory to their extraordinary era” https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/aus-vs-ind-cwg-2022-australias-new-invincibles-add-more-glory-to-their-extraordinary-era-1328262 It might just be official, Australia are invincible. Even when they seemed cursed, the all-conquering Australian Women’s cricket team added the first Commonwealth Games gold medal for their sport to the T20I and ODI World Cups already in their collection with a pulsating nine-run win against India at Edgbaston on Sunday. ss Jonassen haJes a foot-tap with Tahlia McGrath, who was cleared to play despite testing positive, after a catch to dismiss Shafali Verma•Getty Images In an inauspicious start for title favourites Australia, allrounder Tahlia McGrath woke with mild symptoms of Covid-19 and subsequently tested positive. After negotiations between Commonwealth Games Australia, Cricket Australia, the Commonwealth Games Federation and the ICC, McGrath was allowed to play under the Games’ policy of treating such matters on ...

Read More →