Queensland wicketkeeper Georgia Redmayne has been precluded from Australia’s T20 crew for the impending visit through India regardless of one more heavenly season at the homegrown level.
As the Commonwealth Games champions begin preparations for the 2023 T20 World Cup in South Africa, Australia unveiled a 15-player squad on Tuesday morning.
This comes ahead of the white-ball tour of India that will take place in the month of March. Phoebe Litchfield, a teenager from Sydney, received her first call-up, as did Melbourne Stars all-rounder Kim Garth, who played for Ireland from 2010 to 2019. Heather Graham, an all-rounder for the Hobart Hurricanes, was also included.
Despite being widely regarded as the next batter in waiting, Redmayne, who served as a traveling reserve during this year’s World Cup campaign in New Zealand, was not selected. After leading the Brisbane Heat in scoring with 333 runs at 41.62, including two fifties in ten matches, the 28-year-old was selected to the WBBL Team of the Tournament.
She also had the most wicketkeeper dismissals this season with seven stumpings and four catches.
Erin Burns, an all-rounder for the Sydney Sixers, and Amanda-Jade Wellington, a leg-spinner for the Adelaide Strikers, were also unfortunate to miss out.
Shawn Flegler, the national selector, explained to reporters on Tuesday morning that choosing the third wicketkeeper was difficult due to the inclusion of Beth Mooney and Alyssa Healy in the team.
We already have two world-class keepers in our team, so it probably doesn’t make sense to have a third when you have other batters you can give opportunities to.
That message is crystal clear: Georgia is open for business. She is still available for this tour in the event of anything happening to Beth or Alyssa. We haven’t, I don’t think, ever said no to anyone in the future. We saw that with Rach Haynes returning into the crew various a long time back on the rear of some serious areas of strength for true structure too.
There’s heaps of cricket coming up over the course of the following 12-year and a half too. From a young age, Litchfield, who made her WBBL debut in 2019 at the age of 16, was predicted to be an Australian cricketer. While juggling school and university obligations, the left-hander became a reliable contributor for the Thunder and the Breakers, earning a call-up to Australia A squad earlier this year.
The 19-year-old proved her worth by scoring back-to-back fifties in Canberra during the three-match series against England A. “However, it will also be an excellent opportunity to visit those conditions and acquire a deeper comprehension of your game’s capabilities under those conditions. We have a lot of tours coming up in the next couple of years, which are great opportunities for her.”