Cricket: Australia's women's cricket team continue their preparation for the T20 World Cup, embracing the hot conditions in the UAE.
Aus W embrace heat in WWC prep | 01:04There’s no defending a World Cup, according to Australian captain Alyssa Healy , there’s only winning them, and with the chasing pack closing in, that’s her only goal ahead as their campaign for a four-peat of titles begins in Sharjah on Saturday.
Healy, in charge for her first World Cup, said she was “not Meg” and would do things differently to the former skipper, who led the team to the three previous titles before her shock retirement in 2023, but would be armed with everything she learnt from Lanning.“But look, from my point of view, I’m not Meg, I’m Alyssa Healy, and I brought that approach into this Australian team. I’m going to do the job the way that I know how to do it to the best of my ability.
Alyssa Healy, coach Shelley Nitschke, Ellyse Perry, Meg Lanning and Beth Mooney after the Australian T20 team won the World Cup in South Africa.The Australians enter the tournament, moved to the United Arab Emirates due to political unrest in Bangladesh, red-hot favourites after clean-sweeping a three-match series against New Zealand, then netting warm-up wins over England and the West Indies after arriving in Dubai.
The Aussies are grouped with fellow powerhouse India, as well as Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan, needing to finish top two in their pool to progress to the finals.
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