Lauren Cheatle recalled as Australia announce squad for India tour; selectors proceed to mull over Lanning’s successor

Australia have introduced a powerful 16-member squad for his or her multi-format tour of India beginning December 21. New South Wales left-arm pacer Lauren Cheatle has earned a global call-up after spending 4 years on the sidelines and is joined by the Hobart Hurricanes’ allrounder Heather Graham, who missed the final sequence towards the West Indies on residence soil.

Notably, the selectors haven’t introduced a full-time captain and a choice on that’s anticipated to be taken as soon as the tour comes nearer. Wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy has led the aspect prior to now 18 months in the course of the absence of then-full-time skipper Meg Lanning.

However with Lanning now retired and Healy recovering from surgical procedure on her proper index finger following a tragic incident involving her two Staffordshire bull terriers, the selectors wish to take their time and assess Healy’s health earlier than asserting her as Lanning’s possible successor.

In the meantime, Cheatle has been rewarded for her excellent show with the ball within the ongoing season of the Girls’s Large Bash League. Cheatle who performs for Sydney Sixers is at the moment the joint-leading wicket-taker within the WBBL|09 with 19 scalps in 10 matches.

The 25-year-old pacer has endured some robust instances recently battling a number of shoulder and again accidents. Her final ODI look for Australia got here towards New Zealand on March 3, 2019, in Melbourne.

Australia squad: 

Darcie Brown, Lauren Cheatle (Take a look at solely), Heather Graham, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris (T20Is solely), Alyssa Healy, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham

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