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Alyssa Healy Ruled Out of England World Cup Clash With Calf Strain as Tahlia McGrath Leads

Australia will reassess the in-form captain’s calf strain daily with the semi-finals looming.

Overview

  • Cricket Australia confirmed Healy will miss Wednesday’s match in Indore after sustaining a minor calf strain during a Saturday training session.
  • Vice-captain Tahlia McGrath will captain and Beth Mooney will take the wicketkeeping gloves against England.
  • Georgia Voll is cited by team officials as the likely inclusion to open alongside Phoebe Litchfield in the reshuffled top order.
  • Healy is the tournament’s leading run-scorer with 294 in four innings, including consecutive hundreds against India and Bangladesh.
  • Medical staff will monitor her day by day ahead of Australia’s final group game versus South Africa and the semi-finals, with the team already qualified for the last four.