Alyssa Healy says there is no cause for alarm for Australia as they go into their T20 World Cup defence off the back of a shock warm-up defeat by Ireland.
abc.net.au/news/australia-loses-twenty20-world-cup-warm-up-match-to-ireland/101950218Alyssa Healy says there is no cause for panic from Australia's all-conquering cricket women as they enter the defence of their T20 World Cup off the back of an historic reverse.
It may have only been an unofficial match, with the Australians retiring well-set key batters like Healy and T20 player of the year Tahlia McGrath, while also using seven bowlers — but it was still the first time Australia's all-conquering women's team lost to the Irish, by three wickets at Stellenbosch University.after only keeping wickets in the first warm-up against India
Asked if here was any need to panic, she insisted: "I don't think so — if you remember back in New Zealand last year [before Australia's 50-over World Cup triumph] we got absolutely pummelled by the Kiwis in a warm-up game — so nothing too stressful about that. Despite the match not being an official T20 international, it was still a big moment for the Irish women's side.
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