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Australia captain Molineux cleared fit to play Caribbean T20Is

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Published 3 months ago

Australia received a boost in their build-up to this year's women's ⁠Twenty20 World Cup after captain Sophie Molineux said she was fit and ready to return for ‌the upcoming white-ball series against West Indies.

[p]The 28-year-old was ruled out ‌of the remainder of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/australia/OdGMnbwf/"]Australia[/a]'s multi-format series ‌against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/india/pC4Vpx86/"]India[/a] after suffering lower back issues following the ‌opening one-day international in Brisbane last month.[/p][p]The white-ball tour ‌of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/west-indies/CEl6lK8s/"]West Indies[/a] begins on Friday.[/p][p]"(I will be) [b]playing in the T20s,[/b] (I am) [b]available and looking forward to playing ‌a role and getting back out ⁠there,[/b]" Molineux said.[/p][p]The bowling ‌all-rounder, who captained Australia in three T20 internationals against India ​before [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/healy-alyssa/Q3f38OEl/"]Alyssa Healy[/a] returned to lead the one-day and test sides, is set to officially ​take over the captaincy for the Caribbean tour.[/p][p]However, her role remains under assessment, with uncertainty over whether ⁠she will feature ​as an all-rounder.[/p][p]"[b]Probably just to see how we go, especially towards that back end with the one-day games,[/b]" she said.[/p][p]"[b]We'll just keep assessing but I'm looking ‌forward to getting back out there again with the girls.[/b]"[/p][embed guid="0b59fc4a-32d1-4547-b8ff-5e80d4196f90" url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jgnf4nXnJnk" social-type="youtube" /][p]Australia have played only nine T20 internationals since the last World Cup edition in 2024 and Molineux said every match would be crucial as they target a seventh title.[/p][p]"[b]I don't think we're far off at all... It is very hard in T20 cricket to play the perfect game,[/b]" she said.[/p][p]"It's just ‌being better for longer and realizing those moments ​that can go either way and winning those.[/p][p]"[b]We're ‌doing everything really deliberately to be able to align ourselves to that style. We've got a really hungry group of girls and staff that really want to buy into that.[/b]"[/p][p]The women's T20 ⁠World Cup begins on ⁠June 12 in England ‌and Wales.[/p]

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