Australia have named all-rounder Sophie Molineux as their ladies’s captain throughout all codecs to take over from the retiring Alyssa Healy.
Wicketkeeper Healy introduced earlier this month she’s going to retire from all types of cricket following the upcoming multi-format collection in opposition to India.
Healy, 35, just isn’t a part of the squad for the T20 internationals that begin the collection, so Molineux, 28, will take cost of Australia for the primary time within the opener on 15 February.
She’s going to then be Healy’s deputy for the next one-day internationals and the one-off Check in Perth, which will likely be Healy’s remaining skilled look.
“It is an actual honour to be named Australian captain and one thing I am extremely pleased with, particularly following on from Alyssa, who’s had such a big impact on this staff and the sport,” mentioned Molineux.
“We have got a extremely robust group with loads of pure leaders, alongside quite a lot of thrilling expertise coming via. I am actually wanting ahead to working collectively as we preserve evolving and pushing ourselves to the following degree, whereas staying true to the id that makes this staff so particular.”
Australia host India in three T20s, three ODIs and one Check between 15 February and 9 March.
