Australian captain Alyssa Healy is playing today's Women's Ashes 2025 match against England. Healy, the wicketkeeper-batsman of the Australian team, has been missing from the playing XI, leaving fans wondering why he was missing.
Why is Alyssa Healy not playing the first T20I against England?
Healy was ruled out of the first T20I of the three-match series against England due to a foot injury, which has also cast doubt on his availability for the rest of the Ashes series. With a packed schedule of three T20Is and a four-day Test in the next two weeks, time is running out for him to recover.
She did not feel well on the same foot that she injured during the ICC Women's T20 World Cup last October, when it suffered a tear. This followed a series of setbacks, including a knee injury that kept her out of the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) and the subsequent ODI series against India.
After returning as a batsman at the end of December in the ODI against New Zealand and resuming the wicketkeeping duties in the rubber ODI against England, the recent injury and the return of Mitchell Starc's wife.
No Healy, Tahlia McGrath leading the Australian side.
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AUS-W vs ENG-W: Playing XI of both teams
England: Maia Bouchier, Danielle Wyatt-Hodge, Sophia Dunkley, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Heather Knight (c), Amy Jones(w), Freya Kemp, Charlotte Dean, Sophie Ecclestone, Sarah Glenn, Lauren Bell
Australia: Georgia Voll, Beth Mooney(w), Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Annabel Sutherland, Tahlia McGrath (c), Grace Harris, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Kim Garth, Megan Schutt
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