Australia received a boost in their build-up to this year’s women’s Twenty20 World Cup after captain Sophie Molineux said she was fit \u200band ready to return for the upcoming white-ball series against \u200cWest Indies.<\/p>\n
The 28-year-old was ruled out of the remainder of Australia’s multi-format series against India after suffering lower back issues following the opening one-day international in Brisbane \u200blast month.<\/p>\n
The white-ball tour of West Indies begins on Friday.<\/p>\n
“(I will \u200bbe) playing in the T20s, (I am) available and looking forward \u2060to playing a role and getting back out there,” Molineux said.<\/p>\n
The \u200bbowling all-rounder, who captained Australia in three T20 internationals against India before \u200bAlyssa Healy returned to lead the one-day and test sides, is set to officially take over the captaincy for the Caribbean tour.<\/p>\n
However, her role remains under assessment, with uncertainty \u200bover whether she will feature as an all-rounder.<\/p>\n
“Probably just to see \u200bhow we go, especially towards that back end with the one-day games,” she said.<\/p>\n
“We’ll \u200cjust \u2060keep assessing but I’m looking forward to getting back out there again with the girls.”<\/p>\n
Australia have played only nine T20 internationals since the last World Cup edition in 2024 and Molineux said every match would be \u200bcrucial as they target \u200ba seventh \u2060title.<\/p>\n
“I don’t think we’re far off at all… It is very hard in T20 cricket to play the \u200bperfect game,” she said.<\/p>\n
“It’s just being better for longer \u200band realizing \u2060those moments that can go either way and winning those.<\/p>\n
“We’re doing everything really deliberately to be able to align ourselves to that style. We’ve got \u2060a \u200breally hungry group of girls and staff \u200bthat really want to buy into that.”<\/p>\n
The women’s T20 World Cup begins on June 12 in \u200bEngland and Wales.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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