Starter Nicole Bolton and left-arm spinner Jess Jonassen were included in the 15-member Australia team for the T20 Women's World Championship that will run from November 9 to 25 in the West Indies.
Bolton has played only two T20Is in his four-year international career, and his last game was in September 2016 against Sri Lanka. It was impressive in the last season of the women's Big Bash League, where she made 482 runs in 16 games to finish third in the race table. She was also among the top scorers in the Women's Super League in August.
T20I Squadron for World T20 and Pakistan Series: Meg Lanning (capt), Nicole Bolton, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Rachael Haynes, Alyssa Healy (week), Jess Jonassen (subject to fitness), Delissa Kimmince , Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Elyse Villani, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham
ODI Squadron for the Pakistan series: Meg Lanning (capt), Nicole Bolton, Nicola Carey, Ashleigh Gardner, Rachael Haynes, Alyssa Healy, Delissa Kimmince, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Elyse Villani, Tayla Vlaeminck, Georgia Wareham [19659005")"CreoqueNicoleBoltonhasidounaverdaderarevelaciónenelT20enlosúltimos12meses"dijoelentrenadorenjefeMatthewMott"TradicionalmenteeramásunajugadoradeundíaperosereinventóasímismajugandoalgunostirosdiferentesypresionandoalosjugadoresdebolosYtambiénesunadelasmejoresjardinerasdelmundoenestemomento"
Jonassen, who had suffered a cir He had minor surgery on his left knee after injuring himself during a warm-up, missing the T20I series of three games against New Zealand. Mott said his recovery was ahead of schedule, but the selectors added a rider "subject to physical fitness" to his inclusion.
"Jess will always come back, being one of the best T20 players in the world." Mott said. "We are still waiting, she is doing a little more rehabilitation, but everything has been fine, she is excited about the progress that has been made and is ahead of schedule".
Jonasssen and Bolton are the only additions to the team that completed a T20I On Friday, February 19, 1966
the selectors also named a squad of 14 players for the next ODIs against Pakistan. The T20I squad will play three games against Pakistan in Malaysia after the ODI, which will serve as a final set-up before the T20 World Cup.
Meg Lanning, the captain, said her squad was in good shape, and the new tactics they had implemented, such as entering with the fastest scorers at the top, had paid off. "We have analyzed our strike rates in recent years and we really try to reward players with more than 130 strike rates and maximize their time on the Powerplay," said Lanning. "We have not had that success in the last two World Cups [World T20 2016 and Women's World Cup 2017] so we are very determined to make sure we get the result we want."
Australia finished runner-up in the 2016 T20 World Cup, Losing to the Antilles in the final. Before the tournament, they will play two warm-up matches in the West Indies, against England and South Africa. They are placed in Group B for the T20 World Cup, which includes India, Pakistan, New Zealand and Ireland, and all of their matches take place at the Providence Stadium in Guyana.
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