September 19, 2024

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Australia skipper Meg Lanning dominated out of Ashes girls’s cricket sequence in England

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Australia skipper Meg Lanning has been dominated out of the women’s Ashes cricket sequence in England for medical causes.

Cricket Australia issued an announcement Saturday saying Lanning was withdrawn from the squad based totally on medical advice for an issue which requires administration from dwelling. No extra particulars have been launched.

“It’s an unfortunate setback for Meg and she’s obviously disappointed to have been ruled out of the Ashes,” Shawn Flegler, Australia’s head of girls’s cricket effectivity, said. “It’s a significant sequence for the group and she or he’ll be missed, nevertheless she understands the need to place her nicely being first.

“Meg will remain at home where she will continue to work with medical staff with the aim to return to playing as soon as possible.”

The 31-year-old Lanning, who missed the 2017-18 Ashes sequence because of a shoulder injury, has led Australia’s domination of girls’s worldwide cricket over the previous 5 years.

She had a four-month break sooner than returning to cricket in January and essential Australia on its Twenty20 World Cup title safety in March. She moreover featured inside the inaugural T20 Women’s Premier League in India.

Veteran wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy will lead the Australian group all by the women’s Ashes tour.

The multi-format sequence will start with a examine match at Nottingham on June 22 and be adopted by three T20s and and three ODIs.