Australia all-rounder Grace Harris has been dominated out of the upcoming ICC Girls’s ODI World Cup 2025, because the defending champions’ hope to retain the title took an enormous hit. Harris, who made her first one-day worldwide look since March 2024 in Australia’s 43-run win over India within the third ODI in Delhi on Sunday, suffered a calf pressure throughout the second innings.
Heather Graham will exchange Harris within the squad, because the Queensland all-rounder is ready to return house to rehabilitate forward of the Girls’s Large Bash League 2025 (WBBL), which begins in November.
The 50-over World Cup will likely be performed in India and Sri Lanka from September 30 to November 2, with the ultimate reserved to be held at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai.
Within the lead-up to the World Cup, Australia performed a three-match ODI collection in opposition to India in India, which they gained 2-1 after successful the primary and final ODIs in Punjab and Delhi, respectively.
Earlier, Cricket Australia (CA) had named a 15-player Australian squad led by Alyssa Healy. Tahlia McGrath was named Healy’s deputy. Spin-bowling all-rounder Sophie Molineux can be set to make her worldwide return after being included within the squad. Molineux has not performed since present process knee surgical procedure in January; nevertheless, she is unlikely to function within the three-match ODI collection in opposition to India that precedes the ICC event.
Darcie Brown (quad) and Georgia Wareham (groin) have disregarded latest niggles to take their locations within the squad. With spin anticipated to play a big position within the event, Australia will head over with 4 frontline spinners to select from: Molineux, Wareham, a second leg-spinner in Alana King, and off-spinner Ashleigh Gardner.
The frontline tempo choices of Kim Garth, Megan Schutt – who final month revealed this will likely be her closing ODI World Cup – and Brown will likely be backed up by all-rounders Annabel Sutherland, Tahlia McGrath, and Ellyse Perry.
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Australia’s bid for an unprecedented eighth World Cup title will start in opposition to New Zealand in Indore on October 1.
Squad
Australia Girls’s up to date squad: Alyssa Healy (c), Tahlia McGrath (vc), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham.