Australia name 15-member squad for U19s Women’s T20 World Cup
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- December 11, 2024
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Australia on Wednesday announced a 15-man squad for next month’s ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in Malaysia. The tournament will begin on January 18, where Australia will aim to win their first title after being knocked out in the opening semi-final. Event in early 2023. Fourteen members of the squad have played in one of the Weber WBBL, the Women’s National Cricket League. Or the T20 Spring Challenge. The pace attack will be led by pacers Chloe Ainsworth and Lucy Hamilton, who starred for the Scorchers and Heat respectively in WBBL|10. Hamilton claimed the second-best figures in the competition, going 5-8 against Melbourne. Stars, while Ainsworth was named to the team of the tournament for the second time. Season. Bray was the youngest member of Australia’s under-19 team that played in the tri-series with New Zealand and Sri Lanka in September.Scored 84 and took 4-20 against New Zealand. who has also represented the Junior Matildas in the World Cup, playing all 10 matches and taking 10 wickets. Squad: Chloe Ainsworth, Lily Bassingth-White, Kawme Bray, Ella Briscoe, Maggie Clarke, Hasrat Gill, Lucy Hamilton, Amy Hunter, Sarah Kennedy, Eleanor LaRosa, Grace Lyons, Innes McKeon, Juliet Morton, Kate Paley, Tegan Williamson