Australia’s all-conquering girls cricketers have began coaching with pink balls in preparation for a probable day-night Check towards India in Mumbai.
The famed Wankhede Stadium is about to host a Check in December in what can be India’s first long-form girls’s worldwide since 2013.
Mumbai hosted Australia’s most up-to-date girls’s Check in India approach again in February 1984.
India and Australia performed out a draw at Carrara on the Gold Coast in a day-night Check in October 2021.
“I feel the coaches thought it could possibly be a superb likelihood simply to have a attempt with the pink balls,” rising all-rounder Annabel Sutherland stated on Wednesday.
“We had a Check on the Gold Coast and weren’t in a position to get loads of preparation for that simply due to the brief discover for the collection and with COVID [restrictions].
“You have a look at the lads, they typically swap between crimson and white balls inside shut home windows of time, so if we will get snug with the pink ball, crimson ball, white ball, no matter it’s, it’s going to definitely make the lead-up Check matches [easier].
“Any likelihood you get to play in India is one that you just look ahead to.”
Sutherland, who turns 22 on Thursday, when Australia host the West Indies in an ODI on the Junction Oval in Melbourne, is keen for extra time within the center however will proceed biding her time down the order.
Already with a Check and ODI century to her title, Sutherland has been all the way down to bat at quantity seven within the matches towards the Windies to date this summer time.
Australia have such depth with bat and ball that gamers who can open for his or her state and in franchise cricket repeatedly get relegated to the decrease order.
“I am at all times up for extra time within the center,” Sutherland stated on Wednesday.
“I am within the coach’s ear on a regular basis. I am positive I am annoying her (Shelley Nitschke) simply as a lot as a number of others who’re fairly eager for successful.
“The women up prime are doing a fairly good job as at all times.
“I am completely satisfied to be affected person in the intervening time and watch the women do their work up prime.”
Sutherland stated Australia have been anticipating Hayley Matthews to return from a quad damage after the famous person was sorely missed by the West Indies throughout a heavy defeat on Sunday.
Matthews blitzed 310 runs from 178 balls throughout the T20 element of the tour, lifting West Indies to a win and providing hope within the two losses.
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