The national selection panel for Cricket Australia has selected an unaltered team for the forthcoming multi-format women’s series against South Africa. Australia hopes to build on their triumphant ODI and T20I series during their tour of India. After the first ODI in early February, the Test side will be announced. “As was the case for our home series against the West Indies in October, Grace Harris is part of the squad for the T20s only and will be replaced by Alana King for the ODIs,” reported the ICC from Shawn Flegler, the national selector and head of performance for CA’s women’s cricket programme.
“South Africa were formidable opponents in the 2023 ICC T20 World Cup Final in Cape Town and we look forward to the challenge of hosting the Proteas in a multi-format series in Australia.” said Shawn. There are three T20Is in the series starting on January 27.
Australian squad
Alyssa Healy (C), Darcie Brown, Heather Graham, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris**, Jess Jonassen, Alana King*, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath (VC), Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham
**T20s only
*ODIs only
Fixtures
-Jan 27: 1st T20I | Manuka Oval, Canberra
-Jan 28: 2nd T20I | Manuka Oval, Canberra
-Jan 30: 3rd T20I | Blundstone Arena, Hobart
-Feb 3: 1st ODI | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
-Feb 7: 2nd ODI | North Sydney Oval, Sydney
-Feb 10: 3rd ODI | North Sydney Oval, Sydney
-Feb 15-18: Test match | WACA Ground, Perth.
