Australia’s women’s national cricket team has faced a major injury scare ahead of the start of the T20 World Cup 2024. Two top players, Phoebe Litchfield and Grace Harris, are under the scanner and clouds are hanging over their availability for the tournament.
Both Phoebe Litchfield and Grace Harris have been ruled out of the warm-up games for the Australia Women’s National Cricket Team at the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024. With them deemed unfit for practice games, major doubts remain over their availability. for the tournament.
Phoebe Litchfield recently complained of groin pain and was deemed unfit. Her availability for the first match of the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 will be decided in due course. His injury was confirmed ahead of Australia’s first warm-up match against England in Dubai on 29 September.
On the other hand, Grace Harris was also ruled out of the preparation games. He has not played competitive cricket since April 2024 due to calf strains in both legs. But she recently faced a new problem and has been declared unfit despite having resumed training.
Cricket Australia also issued an official statement regarding the fitness of Grace Harris. The governing body mentioned that he has returned to training after the new injury. The statement read: “Grace has resumed training following a further issue suffered in her preparation to return to play.”
Harris faced an injury before the women’s hundred and after that, she faced another strain, which made her miss the T20I series against the New Zealand women’s national cricket team. Cricket Australia also mentioned that they will provide updates on the fitness of both players over the next few days.
Phoebe Litchfield’s injury will be a blow to the Australia women’s national cricket team
Phoebe Litchfield’s injury will be a blow to the Australian women’s national cricket team. He was in good form in the last series against New Zealand as he scored 64 to win the match. She also scored the fastest fifty in women’s cricket in just 18 balls.
The absence of Grace Harris will also leave a gaping hole in Australia’s lineup. She is touted as one of the cleanest strikers in women’s cricket. He has scored 474 runs in 29 innings at a strike rate of 164.01.
Australia Women will play the second warm-up match on October 1 against the West Indies, before opening their tournament against Sri Lanka on October 5. They are placed alongside India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and New Zealand in Group A.
Australia is the most successful team in the T20 World Cup and also won the title three times in a row in 2018, 2020 and 2023. They would hope to achieve the same this time and win another title. They would expect both Phoebe Litchfield and Grace Harris to get fit in time as their presence will make the team a big favorite for the tournament.