Alyssa Healy will play within the first recreation of Australia’s T20 World Cup defence after recovering from a calf damage in time for the match in South Africa.
And with the primary important damage lay-off of her skilled profession behind her, the Australian vice-captain is eyeing a possible call-up to the Women’s Premier League in India.
Healy has not performed cricket since December 17, when she tweaked her calf on the T20I tour of India.
But she was named within the 15-player squad introduced for the Pakistan T20 sequence that completed final week and for subsequent month’s World Cup.
Healy wanted longer to get better than anticipated, although, and didn’t play in any respect towards Pakistan.
Expected to function in some unspecified time in the future in South Africa, she confirmed to reporters on Monday she would in truth be obtainable for the complete match.
“I’m feeling really good, ticking all the boxes,” she stated.
“I’ll be definitely right to go for that first game and hopefully get some (warm-up) games in before then.”
The 32-year-old had loved a blessed run of health previous to her calf damage and admitted sitting on the sidelines had examined her.
“I’ve absolutely hated every minute,” she stated.
“I hated watching the cricket on the TV; I couldn’t be a part of any of the cricket. It’s a lesson for me to make sure I’m looking after myself moving forward if I want to be a part of stuff.”
The public sale for India’s inaugural Women’s Premier League will happen throughout the World Cup. Healy wasted no time nominating.
“I registered basically the day after that news came out just to make sure I got in there on time,” she stated.
“I’d love to be a part of it. If I’m not, so be it, (but) I just think the whole experience is going to be amazing for the players to get to go and be a part of that.
“I sat there at Chinnaswamy Stadium for the first-ever males’s IPL recreation so the chance to take a seat on the first girls’s one can be a very nice second.”
The IPL is the most lucrative T20 tournament in the world and with millions of dollars of broadcast money already committed to its new off-shoot, women’s players are set for unprecedented financial windfall.
“It units us on the precipice of this complete new period for the sport,” said Australian all-rounder Ellyse Perry.
“It’s going to be actually thrilling.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
