(Reuters) – Cricket Australia stated on Tuesday batter Beth Mooney will miss the Women’s Ashes sequence towards England after fracturing her jaw in coaching.
Mooney, the world’s high ranked Twenty20 batter, will endure surgical procedure later within the day after being hit in coaching on Monday, with her return date to be confirmed after the operation.
The 28-year-old can also be a doubt for the ODI World Cup in New Zealand in March. Australia will fly out round Feb. 10, CA stated, so as to meet the necessary 10-day quarantine requirement forward of the event.
“Beth was batting extremely nicely and as can occur, only a rogue ball got here up and put her in a tricky place and he or she tried to get out of the way in which, however copped it on the aspect of the chin,” Australia coach Matthew Mott stated.
Australia are already with out spinners Georgia Wareham and Sophie Molineux for the Ashes however all-rounder Ellyse Perry, who will miss the warm-up matches towards Australia A after a COVID-19 scare, might be obtainable for the beginning of the sequence.
The multi-format sequence begins on Thursday with the primary of three T20 internationals on the Adelaide Oval.
(Reporting by Hritika Sharma in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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