Sydney Sixers on Saturday mentioned Australia’s captain wouldn’t play for them once more this event, after selecting up an harm in her left knee. Australia’s three-match ODI collection begins 4 days after the WBBL remaining, leaving Healy in important doubt for worldwide duties.
Healy didn’t maintain in Sixers’ last-start loss towards Brisbane Warmth due to physique administration, and had entered the event with a foot harm that ended her T20 World Cup early. Australia host India in three ODIs, earlier than travelling to New Zealand over Christmas for 3 extra one-dayers.
It is understood Healy will likely be assessed within the subsequent fortnight forward of these two collection, with a squad to be introduced subsequent weekend.
The harm just isn’t believed to be severe sufficient to have her in any present doubt for the multi-format Ashes, which start with an ODI at North Sydney on January 12.
Healy had warned on her return from her foot harm that she might must be managed by way of the summer season.
“There are increased powers sitting above which might be fairly vocal in what can and might’t occur, which I utterly perceive,” Healy mentioned earlier this month. “Being skipper as nicely is a reasonably large function for me. I need to be accessible for as a lot of the summer season as I can.
“I’ve hardly performed a recreation for the Sixers for the previous two seasons, and it is a spot I actually take pleasure in enjoying cricket. I need to be accessible for each recreation that I probably can, however the actuality is that may not be the case.
“It’ll be managing the ache, operate and what I can and might’t do [all summer]. How I pull up from video games goes to be actually essential as nicely.”
Healy’s harm comes as a severe blow to Sixers, who face the prospect of needing to win their final three matches to make the WBBL finals.
If Healy does miss worldwide matches, Tahlia McGrath could be anticipated to deputise as captain once more after doing so within the World Cup.
