Alyssa Healy was happy with the knowledge and experience that the team gained during their trip to Bangladesh, keeping a focus on the T20 World Cup earlier this year.
Australia achieved the perfect sweep of the tour, their first in domestic cricket, with a 77-run win in the last T20I, and their bowling assault held Bangladesh to less than 100 runs for the fourth time. They will return in late September to defend their T20 World Cup crown, and Healy thought the trip ticked a lot of boxes.
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Everybody on the team is bringing things home to work on for when we meet in September, so it’s been a big success for us,” Healy said. The outcomes went our way, but from a big picture viewpoint, as well as what we’re working towards in September & October, I believe we got all we could out of this series.
The tour culminated with two women recovering from chronic injuries, Tayla Vlaeminck or Sophie Molineux, winning player of the game and series prizes, accordingly. Vlaeminck took a career-best 3 for 12, and Molineux finished the T20 series with six wickets at 8.33, ensuring their spots in the World Cup.
It’s certainly nice to have someone like Tay back; she’s a huge point of difference in world cricket, with the sheer velocity she bowls with, and Soph Molineux’s consistency is outstanding, so they’re both real assets to our team.” Healy said:
We’ve had different match and series MVPs across the two series, which has also been quite pleasing. Everyone is stepping up when they need to and seizing opportunities, which is great.
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While the margins of victory were wide in all six games, Healy thought her squad had been placed under duress by the home team. In the first ODI, they were 48 for 4 and 146 for 7 until the lower order boosted them to a big total, and in the final T20, they had to work hard to post 155 after being 98 for 5.
Especially with the ball, they Bangladeshis tested our batting lineup,” she said. “They will be a serious danger during the World Cup. Home conditions are a significant advantage, and I believe the team will go under the radar a little. They will pose a serious threat to some of the best teams.
Healy was ready for more of the same at the World Cup, but he did not anticipate the early-tournament pitches to produce the tremendous spin witnessed at times in this match. The weather, particularly the heat, also put pressure on the visitors. Australia will play two matches on this tour, one each in Dhaka and Sylhet.
We’ll have to wait and see what the weather brings us there since we’ve heard that the heat will be even greater in September and October, Healy added. “Since this is an ICC event, naturally, I believe the wickets will be excellent at first and will likely get tired during the competition.
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Legspinner Alana King and seamer Kim Garth, who claimed five wickets in her two ODIs, were left out of the T20I series as Australia fielded just twelve players in three matches. King hasn’t participated in a T20I since the previous World Cup in South Africa, but she will probably continue to fill Georgia Wareham’s backup role. For this tour, the notable absence was the seasoned Jess Jonassen, while Darcie Brown was unable to participate due to a stress fracture in her foot.
The central contract list will be revealed early next week, and in the meanwhile, the players will have some time off after an intense season that includes the WBBL, the WPL, and series against the West Indies, India, and South Africa.
As a prelude to the World Cup and the WBBL that follows immediately after, they will play a T20I series against New Zealand in September. Next, they play host to India in December and visit New Zealand just before Christmas in order to be ready for the multiformat Ashes in January.
This is a fantastic time for a rest. Our crew is eager to return home, enjoy a little vacation, and use this time to rejuvenate and prepare for the conclusion of the year, which is a crucial summer for us, according to Healy.
