Right after being appointed the skipper for the Australian women’s cricket team, Alyssa Healy has come up with a controversial statement, which will not be very well received in India. The Aussie women’s team is supposed to play India in a one-off Test in Mumbai, and Healy feels that their spinners will be at their best if hosts prepare a spin-friendly wicket.
“I’m actually really intrigued to see as to what sort of wickets they prepare,” Healy told the Sydney Morning Herald. “I think we’ve got a really, really good spin attack. So do that at your own peril. Don’t get me wrong, the Indians have got a strong spin attack as well.
“But I mean, we’ve got some of the best leg-spinners in the world. We’ve got Ash Gardener, who took nine wickets on English soil with the ball in hand. So yeah, prepare spinning wickets at your own demise.
“It will be interesting to see if they make it nice and flat. But I haven’t played at Wankhede [Stadium] since the IPL exhibition game a couple of years ago, so I’m excited for that experience.”
The Australian team has four spinners in their 16-player squad including Gardner, left-armer Jess Jonassen, Alan King, and Georgia Wareham.
On the flipside, Healy was almost out of the India series due to a freak injury, that she suffered while separating her two dogs. “Everything is going really, really well. I started back in the nets over the last week and a half, so I’m on track to fly to India a for big series over there.”
India vs Australia
Australia squad: Darcie Brown, Lauren Cheatle (Test only), Heather Graham, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris (T20s only), Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham
