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Alyssa Healy will make a welcome return to the magenta as the Sixers look to continue a successful start to their new era on Thursday night<\/p>\n
Alyssa Healy is set to return for Sydney Sixers’ showdown with Hobart Hurricanes on Thursday night, as she manages her latest brush with injury.<\/p>\n
Healy missed the Sixers’ tournament opener against Perth Scorchers last Sunday due to a thumb injury picked up in Australia’s ODI World Cup semi-final loss to India.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old has been named in the Sixers’ 13-player squad to play the Hurricanes, after getting through a training session on Wednesday afternoon, and is set to bolster a top-order already full of confidence after thrashing the Scorchers by 10 wickets at the WACA Ground.<\/p>\n
Speaking to media on Wednesday, Sixers coach Matthew Mott said he had been confident Healy would return, with her availability to play dependant on her ability to tolerate wearing a splint while batting and wicketkeeping.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been led to believe the type of injury she’s got, it’s more about just managing the pain,” Mott said.<\/p>\n
“So functionally she’s fine and if that’s the case (that she can manage it) she’ll definitely be in the team.<\/p>\n
“(She’s) very tough, I think most ‘keepers are. Most ‘keepers don’t give away too much, they’re constantly in pain and their fingers and thumbs cop a battering, so I think it’s part and parcel of the job that they do.<\/p>\n
“But they also don’t like missing games, and Midge is exactly like that, she’s desperate to play.<\/p>\n
“She’s one of the best players in the world and has been for a long time, so she’s very crucial (to the side), she’s also one of the spiritual leaders of the Sixers as well, so that leadership helps us a lot.”<\/p>\n
Alyssa Healy reacts after being struck on the thumb in the semi-final \/\/ Getty<\/p>\n
Healy had copped a blow to her right thumb when she dropped a sharp chance off Jemimah Rodrigues while keeping up to fast bowler Kim Garth during the semi-final in Mumbai on October 30.<\/p>\n
Her return is a welcome one for the Sixers after she managed just five appearances for the club in the past two WBBL seasons.<\/p>\n
She began WBBL|10 in a moonboot after injuring her foot at the 2024 T20 World Cup in the UAE that ruled her out of Australia’s semi-final loss to South Africa and missed the Sixers’ opening two games before making a return.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But her season was cut short after just four matches when she picked up a knee injury later in the tournament.<\/p>\n
Healy’s 2023 season was even more unfortunate, ruled out of the tournament after the Sixers’ first game when she suffered significant damage to her right index finger trying to separate a “rough and tumble” between her two Staffordshire bull terriers.<\/p>\n
Healy’s return is one of two changes to the Sixers’ squad, with Lauren Kua also coming in while Courtney Sippel and Elsa Hunter have both been omitted.<\/p>\n
Sydney Sixers squad v Hurricanes: Ashleigh Gardner (c), Caoimhe Bray, Maitlan Brown, Erin Burns, Mathilda Carmichael, Lauren Cheatle, Sophia Dunkley, Alyssa Healy, Amelia Kerr, Lauren Kua, Emma Manix-Geeves, Ellyse Perry, Mady Villiers<\/p>\n
Speaking on Wednesday, Mott said the Sixers had pledged to be “ruthless” as they enter a new era under his and Ashleigh Gardner’s leadership in WBBL|11.<\/p>\n
The Sydney club immediately lived up to that ethos with their 10-wicket win over the Scorchers at the WACA Ground in their first game of the season.<\/p>\n
After Ashleigh Gardner’s five-wicket haul kept Perth to 109, openers Ellyse Perry and Sophia Dunkley surged to victory in 12.5 overs.<\/p>\n
“The way we talked about it was being ruthless and I think it was a ruthless performance,” Mott said.<\/p>\n
“Full credit to our bowling group, that was well under a par score on that wicket and everyone chipped in.<\/p>\n
“The Scorchers on their home patch is always difficult \u2026 they’ve got a bit of a fortress over there.”<\/p>\n
“I think that it was a good signal to the rest of the competition that we’re going to play some really good cricket.”<\/p>\n
The star-studded Hurricanes outfit at North Sydney Oval will be a different prospect, with Elyse Villani’s team coming in full of confidence after pulling off their highest-ever run chase on Sunday.<\/p>\n
With a batting line-up containing England stars Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Natalie Sciver-Brunt alongside Villani, Lizelle Lee, Nicola Carey and Heather Graham, Mott said Hobart would present a solid test.<\/p>\n
“We know full well that it’s a very different opposition,” he said.<\/p>\n
“We’re playing against I think on paper one of the strongest teams in the competition.<\/p>\n
“It whets the appetite for an enthralling contest, it’s one we’ve looked forward to from when (the schedule) came out and we saw the strength of their team.”<\/p>\n
The Hurricanes meanwhile have named an unchanged squad, which travelled to Sydney on Tuesday in preparation for the match.<\/p>\n
Hobart Hurricanes squad v Sixers: Nicola Carey, Heather Graham, Ruth Johnston, Lizelle Lee, Nat Sciver-Brunt, Hayley Silver-Holmes, Lauren Smith, Linsey Smith, Molly Strano, Rachel Trenaman, Elyse Villani, Callie Wilson, Danni Wyatt-Hodge, Kathryn Bryce (Travelling Associate Player)<\/p>\n
Weber WBBL|11 Standings<\/p>\n
Team<\/p>\n
\n Matches played\n <\/p>\n
M<\/p>\n
\n Wins\n <\/p>\n
W<\/p>\n
\n Losses\n <\/p>\n
L<\/p>\n
\n Ties\n <\/p>\n
T<\/p>\n
\n No results\n <\/p>\n
N\/R<\/p>\n
\n Net Run Rate\n <\/p>\n
NRR<\/p>\n
\n Deductions\n <\/p>\n
Ded.<\/p>\n
\n Total points\n <\/p>\n
PTS<\/p>\n
1
\n
\n Melbourne Renegades Women
\n REN<\/p>\n
2
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.847
\n 0
\n 4<\/p>\n
2
\n
\n Sydney Sixers Women
\n SIX<\/p>\n
1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 3.277
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
3
\n
\n Hobart Hurricanes Women
\n HUR<\/p>\n
1
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0.283
\n 0
\n 2<\/p>\n
4
\n
\n Adelaide Strikers Women
\n STR<\/p>\n
1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1<\/p>\n
5
\n
\n Melbourne Stars Women
\n STA<\/p>\n
1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n 1<\/p>\n
6
\n
\n Sydney Thunder Women
\n THU<\/p>\n
2
\n 0
\n 2
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.616
\n 0
\n 0<\/p>\n
7
\n
\n Brisbane Heat Women
\n HEA<\/p>\n
1
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n -0.675
\n 0
\n 0<\/p>\n
8
\n
\n Perth Scorchers Women
\n SCO<\/p>\n
1
\n 0
\n 1
\n 0
\n 0
\n -3.277
\n 0
\n 0<\/p>\n
Legend<\/p>\n
M: Matches played<\/p>\n
W: Wins<\/p>\n
L: Losses<\/p>\n
T: Ties<\/p>\n
N\/R: No results<\/p>\n
NRR: Net Run Rate<\/p>\n
Ded.: Deductions<\/p>\n
PTS: Total points<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alyssa Healy will make a welcome return to the magenta as the Sixers look to continue a successful…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-279366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}