3 min learnFeb 22, 2026 04:39 PM IST
They’ve misplaced a house sequence for the primary time since 2017 and there’re questions confronting the Australian ladies’s workforce forward of the Ladies’s T20 World Cup in June. It additionally places the hosts 2-4 behind India within the multi-format sequence, going into the ODI leg that begins in Brisbane on Tuesday.
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Skipper Sophie Molineux put up a courageous entrance, saying that the sequence was their first T20s in about 11 months and first matches in any format for the reason that ODI World Cup, the place they misplaced to the Harmanpreet Kaur-led workforce within the semifinals. However the perennial favourites in ladies’s cricket want some soul-searching.
“I feel firstly, simply getting again collectively as a gaggle once more, it’s been three or 4 months … and we’ve received a large match on the horizon, which we’ve had one eye on,” Molineux mentioned after the 17-run series-deciding defeat in Adelaide.
She mentioned the workforce backed itself to overtake the goal however misplaced wickets at inopportune moments.
“With the bat, we regarded good early, and gamers received going however we simply misplaced key wickets at actually massive instances, which may occur in T20 cricket,” Molineux mentioned. “We had been most likely a number of quick on the 10-over mark, and needed to push on. However all in all, there have been loads of positives.”
The Aussies now want to attract a line below the setback. Their subsequent sport can be a rematch with the workforce that ended their reign as 50-over world champions.
“That’s initially our precedence, to get to Brisbane, reassess and park these T20s,” Molineux mentioned. “Video games in opposition to India in that format are all the time thrilling, and we now have to play very well to beat them.”
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“I feel there’s a number of classes realized that we will convey again once we’re within the West Indies and prep for that T20 World Cup. However we’ve received to park that and transfer on to one-day cricket, which is basically cool.”
The upcoming video games can even be the worldwide swansong for former skipper Alyssa Healy, who has introduced her retirement after the India sequence. She can be main the workforce within the ODIs and the one-off Check.
“There’s an additional incentive there to ship her (Healy) off on the perfect word attainable as nicely,” Molineaux mentioned. “Enjoying in Australia, on our dwelling grounds, it’s going to be a extremely good sequence, that one-day part.
“Our final format was that one-day World Cup as nicely, so there’s lots there that we wish to bounce again from. Very a lot trying ahead to stepping into that format.”
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The second and third ODIs can be performed in Hobart (February 27 and March 1), with the Check match on the WACA floor in Perth (March 6-9).