The arrival of Sophie Molineux for Australia to some degree eclipsed in pre-game show with news South Africa's hotshot allrounder Marizanne Kapp will miss the Test match
Sophie Molineux has been reviewed to Australia's XI for the oddball Test against South Africa at the WACA Ground, while the Proteas have experienced a tremendous blow with Marizanne Kapp precluded.
Australia will bowl first after Alyssa Healy won a striking seventh back to back throw in the multi-design series.
Kapp was missing from preparing in the number one spot up to the game and in spite of confirmations from inside the camp that she was accessible for choice, the hotshot allrounder was an obvious truant from the South African group photograph and warm-ups on Thursday morning.
Proteas skipper Laura Wolvaardt affirmed at the throw Kapp would miss the game subsequent to becoming sick just before the match, saying: Kappie isn't quite well (it's a) exceptionally enormous misfortune for us.
Australia XI: Beth Mooney, Phoebe Litchfield, Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath, Alyssa Healy (c, wk), Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Sophie Molineux, Kim Garth, Alana Ruler, Darcie Brown
South Africa XI: Laura Wolvaardt (c), Anneke Bosch, Sune Luus, Tazmin Brits, Delmari Exhaust, Chloe Tryon, Nadine de Klerk, Sinalo Jafta (wk), Nonkululeko Mlaba, Ayanda Hlubi
Australia have rolled out two improvements to the Test XI that experienced an eight-wicket misfortune to India at Wankhede in December, with left-arm turn bowling allrounder Molineux playing her most memorable worldwide game since October 2021, having been reviewed after a significant stretch out of the game because of stress cracks and a burst leg tendon.
She has supplanted individual left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen in the side, while quick bowler Darcie Brown is the other consideration, supplanting Lauren Cheatle, who was governed out of the rest of the late spring subsequent to having a skin disease eliminated from her neck.
Healy said she decided to bowl first in spite of there being a conjecture top of 43 degrees Celsius on Thursday to "get the best out of the bowling conditions" with a modest quantity of grass on a WACA pitch being utilized without precedent for two years.
We're stuffed with allrounders, which is amazing," Healy said.
Molineux has quite recently opened back in actually effectively. She searches in an extraordinary spot with her cricket right now.
Jonassen flew back to Brisbane on Thursday morning to connect up with Queensland in front of their last round of the Ladies' Public Cricket Association customary season on Saturday.
South Africa have included four debutants in their unpracticed Test XI as they get ready to play their initial four-day game beginning around 2022, and simply their second Trial of the last 10 years.
Player Tazmin Brits, allrounder Delmi Exhaust and quicks Masabata Klaas and Ayanda Hlubi will all make their Test bow.
We were a piece fifty on the throw so we're on the right track to have a bat first," Wolvaardt said.
Ladies' CommBank T20I Series v South Africa
First T20: Australia won by eight wickets
Second T20: South Africa won by six wickets
Third T20: Australia win by five wickets
Ladies' CommBank ODI Series v South Africa
First ODI: Australia won by eight wickets
February 7: South Africa won by 84 runs
February 10: Australia won by 110 runs (DLS strategy)
Ladies' CommBank Test Match v South Africa
February 15-18: Just Test, WACA Ground, Perth 11.00am
Australia Test Crew: Alyssa Healy (c), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Jess Jonassen, Alana Lord, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham.
South Africa Test Crew: Laura Wolvaardt, Anneke Bosch, Tazmin Brits, Nadine de Klerk, Mieke de Ridder, Ayanda Hlubi, Sinalo Jafta, Marizanne Kapp, Masabata Klaas, Suné Luus, Eliz-Mari Marx, Nonkululeko Mlaba, Chloé Tryon, Delmi Exhaust.
