Phoebe Litchfield will open for Australia on debut and Kim Garth has additionally been handed her maiden Baggy Green after the vacationers gained the toss and selected to ba first in opposition to England within the series-opening Ashes Test.
Litchfield and Garth had been introduced their caps by Alex Blackwell and Mel Jones at Trent Bridge on Thursday morning, earlier than Alyssa Healy known as proper in her first Test as captain.
Australia have opted to go along with two front-line spinners, with Jess Jonassen and Alana King picked and Georgia Wareham the bowler to overlook out.
The vacationers are additionally with out common captain Meg Lanning, who has been dominated out of the sequence by way of sickness.
The Irish-born Garth’s debut makes her the primary man or lady to symbolize Australia in a Test match after enjoying for one more nation in any format.
England have additionally handed out two debuts, with fast Lauren Filer and veteran batter Danni Wyatt to play their first Tests.
The Test match kicks off the multi-format sequence, with 4 factors on the road on this match after which two factors out there for every of the three ODIs and three T20s.
The final six girls’s Tests have led to attracts, however gamers are hopeful using a Dukes ball and the addition of a fifth day will assist reverse that pattern.
Australia have held the Ashes since 2015, profitable or drawing the previous 4 sequence.
AUSTRALIA: Phoebe Litchfield, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Tahlia McGrath, Alyssa Healy (capt), Ashleigh Gardner, Annabel Sutherland, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Kim Garth, Darcie Brown
ENGLAND: Tammy Beaumont, Emma Lamb, Heather Knight (capt), Nat Sciver-Brunt, Sophia Dunkley, Danielle Wyatt, Amy Jones, Sophie Ecclestone, Kate Cross, Lauren Filer, Lauren Bell.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
