Cricket Australia has confirmed the double injury blow to their star players currently playing in Dublin, Ireland. Captain Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry both were ruled out of the 3rd ODI against Ireland and also subsequently ruled out of the Hundred, due to finger and knee injury respectively.
Vice Captain Tahlia McGrath was the one captaining the Aussies team in the absence of Healy. With that, she became the 18th woman player to captain the Australian side in the ODIs. Captain Healy suffered a fresh fracture to her left index finger while wicketkeeping in the 2nd ODI.
Earlier Healy had already fractured her right ring finger and left index figure in the warm-up game in Leicester, England. She somehow managed to play through the Ashes series, which they eventually retained. Healy got cleaned up on 24 against Ireland in the 2nd ODI off Georgina Dempsey. Healy now will have to wait for the West Indies series to complete her 250 international matches, Healy has currently played 249 matches for Australia.
🚨 BAD NEWS 🚨
Alyssa Healy and Ellyse Perry have both been withdrawn from The Hundred due to injury.#CricketTwitter pic.twitter.com/JC8C3MSaIp
— Female Cricket (@imfemalecricket) July 28, 2023
Inform player Ellyse Perry suffered soreness in her left knee during her fantastic knock of 91 against Ireland in the 2nd ODI. Just like Healy, Perry got dismissed by Georgina Dempsey. Perry will require around 4-6 weeks of rest to be completely fit for playing the game. Perry has scored a total of 492 runs from her last 9 innings, having been dismissed in nervous 90’s 3 times in 9 innings. In these past 9 innings, Perry has failed to score double digits just once.
Both the players will miss the Hundred due to their injuries. Alyssa Healy was supposed to play for Northern Superchargers while Ellyse Perry was supposed to feature for Birmingham Phoenix. Both players will return to Australia for further rehabilitation, as both the players won’t be needed to operate.
The Hundred gets underway on the 1st of August, with Southern Brave and Trent Rockets to play the first match of this year’s edition.
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