Gold-medal favorites, the Australian ladies’s cricket group is probably going to offer the Commonwealth Video games opening ceremony on July 28 a miss and as an alternative think about their opening Group A match towards India, which shall be performed barely 12 hours after it finishes.
With the robust recreation towards India on July 29, Meg Lanning’s facet doesn’t wish to take an opportunity. Additionally, with the India group reporting two Covid-19 circumstances, together with all-rounder Pooja Vastrakar, the Australian group needs to take utmost precaution towards the virus.
A report in cricket.com.au on Wednesday, quoting sources, mentioned that Vastrakar and reserve batter Sabbhineni Meghana have been left behind in Bengaluru to serve their isolation interval as the remainder of the squad left for Birmingham earlier this week.
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The duo will take a health check earlier than they will be a part of the facet, which makes them uncertain for the opening fixture towards Australia on July 29.
T20 ladies’s cricket is making its Commonwealth Video games debut at Birmingham, and will probably be solely the second time the game has been included within the occasion, following the boys’s 50-overs match within the 1998 Video games held in Kuala Lumpur.
Australia’s match towards India at Edgbaston is ready to draw an enormous crowd and additionally it is the hardest fixture for Australia within the Pool, which additionally has Barbados and Pakistan.
Australian coach Shelley Nitschke mentioned on the eve of the opening ceremony that competing within the Commonwealth Video games for the primary time is a giant motivation.
“It’s huge motivation. It’s the primary one, it’s one thing new for us. We’re actually eager to place our greatest foot ahead and hopefully add a gold medal to the combination. It’s vital and the women are enthusiastic about it,” Nitschke mentioned.
“They’re all actually honoured to be a part of the primary T20 ladies’s (match) on the Commonwealth Video games. It’s bought a particular place. We play World Cups and Ashes and issues like that, that are crucial, however that is one thing a bit of bit completely different, to be concerned within the first one. It has lots of significance for us,” the coach added.
About India, Nitschke mentioned, “We anticipate an honest crowd there on Friday towards India … however in impact, our preparation stays moderately just like what we do within the huge tournaments. I’m actually assured the group is able to go … they’re seasoned campaigners,” Nitschke mentioned.
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