Women's Ashes 2023: Australia include Phoebe Litchfield in 15-player squad

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Australia's Phoebe Litchfield celebrates a half-century against Pakistan

Teenager Phoebe Litchfield has been named successful Australia's 15-player squad for the Women's Ashes successful England.

The 19-year-old batter has not yet played a Test, but impressed with successive one-day half-centuries against Pakistan earlier this year.

Fast bowler Tayla Vlaeminck, who has been retired since suffering a ft wounded successful the 2022 Ashes, is named successful the Australia A squad.

A five-day Test volition statesman the multi-format bid connected 22 June.

Three T20s travel betwixt 1-8 July, earlier 3 ODIs betwixt 12-18 July.

Four points are disposable successful the Test and 2 successful each of the limited-overs games, portion each matches volition beryllium played astatine Test grounds for the archetypal time.

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Australia's Ashes squad: Meg Lanning (c), Alyssa Healy (vc), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham.

Australia A squad: Maitlan Brown, Lauren Cheatle, Maddy Darke, Heather Graham, Nicole Faltum, Tess Flintoff, Charli Knott, Kate Peterson, Courtney Sippel, Tayla Vlaeminck, Courtney Webb, Amanda-Jade Wellington, Tahlia Wilson.

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Australia, who are the existent satellite champions successful the T20 and 50-over format, volition beryllium looking to clasp the Ashes which they person held since 2015.

Litchfield is 1 of 3 uncapped players successful Test cricket, alongside batter Grace Harris and erstwhile Ireland bowler Kim Garth.

"Phoebe Litchfield has taken her crippled to the adjacent level successful the past 12 months, we presumption her arsenic a semipermanent subordinate for Australia and it's pleasing to reward her advancement with enactment successful an Ashes squad," said Cricket Australia caput of show and nationalist selector Shawn Flegler.

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Vlaeminck volition beryllium portion of the 13-player A squad that volition play 3 ODIs and 3 T20s connected a circuit that volition tally alongside the Ashes.

All-rounder Heather Graham, spinner Amanda-Jade Wellington and accelerated bowler Maitlan Brown, who earned her archetypal woody successful The Hundred successful Thursday's draft, are besides portion of the squad.

"Tayla Vlaeminck is progressing successful her rehabilitation and is moving backmost towards afloat bowling fitness; she is simply a highly regarded endowment and is surely portion of our plans moving forward," said Flegler.

"It's hugely beneficial to person an Australia A constituent to the circuit and supply an accidental for our processing players to trial themselves successful conditions they whitethorn not acquisition successful Australia."

Australia volition question to England successful the 2nd week of June with players taking portion successful mentation camps passim May.