Newly appointed Australia women's team captain Alyssa Healy has dared Indian team management to prepare rank turners during their upcoming tour of the country, "at your own peril" as the visitors too boast of a potent slow bowling attack. (Cricket News)
Healy was officially named as Australia's full-time skipper across formats on Saturday following Meg Lanning's shock retirement last month.
She said that India would risk thems🙈elves by opting for tracks that🍒 offer turn as the Australian spinners are on par with their sub-continental counterparts.
"I'm intrigued to see as to what sort of wickets they prepare. I think we've got a good spin attack. So do that at your peril. Don't get me wrong, the Indians haveꦺ got a strong spin attack as well," Healy was quoted as saying by 'Sydney Morning Herald'.
"But I mean, we've got some of the best leg-spinners in the worlꦯd. We've got Ash Gardener, who took nine wickets on English soil with the ball in hand. So yeah, prepare spinning wickets at your peril.
"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," she added.
In Gardner, veteran left-arm tweaker Jess Jonassen and leg-spi🗹nners Alana King and Georgia Wareham, Australia have named four spinners in their ജ16-member touring squad for India.
The tour will feature a one-off Test, three ODIs and as many T20Is. The series will commence with the Test on Dec⛦ember 21 in Mumbai.
Healy was originally doubtful for the tour after the wicketkeeper suffered a severe𓃲d injury in her right index finger while trying to separate her two dogs.
But since then she has recovered and is hopeful of featuring in the series opener. If Healy is unavailable, her newly appointed deputy Tahlia McGrath will lead the side. ꧅
"Everything is going really, really well. I started back i❀n the nets over the last week-and-a-half, so I'm on track to fly to India for a big series over there," Healy said.
"I actually always thought I was a couch potato, 🐽but spending three weeks on the couch, not even being able to sweat, was a real struggle for me. It wasn't much fun.
"But it gave me a little bit of time at home to just recoup, refresh, and watch a lot of WBBL and the World Cup 🧸on Fox, then just get myself right to go," the 33-year-old stumper added.
