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Australia bushed India to triumph the past women's Twenty20 World Cup successful March 2020Captain Meg Lanning and Alyssa Healy person been included successful a beardown Australia squad for the defence of their women's Twenty20 World Cup title.
Wicketkeeper Healy volition miss that bid with a calf occupation but is expected to beryllium acceptable for the World Cup.
Georgia Wareham besides returns aft recovering from a superior genu injury.
The limb spinner suffered an anterior cruciate ligament wounded successful October 2021 and lone made a competitory instrumentality for Victoria successful a home one-day lucifer past week.
"Seeing Meg and Georgia backmost successful enactment for Victoria has been exciting. Both bring a wealthiness of acquisition to the group, which is ever important during large tournaments," said nationalist selector Shawn Flegler.
"Georgia successful particular, has had a pugnacious tally of injuries, but she's shown a large woody of resilience and her instrumentality is simply a existent boost for the side."
Australia are a ascendant unit successful women's planetary cricket, having secured the women's Ashes, Commonwealth Games golden and World Cups successful some the Twenty20 and 50-over formats implicit the past 3 years.
They volition statesman their T20 World Cup defence connected 12 February against New Zealand earlier excavation games against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
Hosts South Africa unfastened the tourney against Sri Lanka successful Cape Town connected 10 February.
Australia Twenty20 World Cup squad: Meg Lanning (c), Alyssa Healy, Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham.
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