{"id":842811,"date":"2026-08-04T04:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T04:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/842811\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T04:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T04:20:09","slug":"lilly-mills-selected-in-australia-a-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/842811\/","title":{"rendered":"Lilly Mills Selected in Australia A Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"w-article__summary\">One of Western Australia\u2019s rising stars has earned selection in the Australia A squad for an upcoming tour of India.<\/p>\n<p>Spinner Lilly Mills has been named in the 15-player squad, which includes three T20s in New Chandigarh, three 50-over fixtures in Mohali and a four-day test in Dharamshala.<\/p>\n<p>Mills was one of WA\u2019s leading wicket takers in the Women\u2019s National Cricket League, taking 13 poles across the recent 2025-26 summer.<\/p>\n<p>Australia A Women\u2019s Squad\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Darcie Brown (SA\/Northern Districts CC)<br \/>Maitlan Brown (NSW\/Sydney CC)<br \/>Nicole Faltum (VIC\/Dandenong CC)<br \/>Tess Flintoff (VIC\/Ringwood CC)<br \/>Sianna Ginger (QLD\/Valley District CC)<br \/>Charli Knott (QLD\/University of Queensland CC)<br \/>Anika Learoyd (NSW\/Northern Districts CC)<br \/>Katie Mack (NSW\/Bankstown CC)<br \/>Lilly Mills (WA\/Midland-Guildford CC)<br \/>Frankie Nicklin (NSW\/Sydney University)<br \/>Hayley Silver-Holmes (TAS\/Newtown CC)<br \/>Rachel Trenaman (TAS\/Clarence Districts CC)<br \/>Courtney Webb (SA\/Glenelg CC)<br \/>Tahlia Wilson (NSW\/St George-Sutherland CC)<br \/>Tayla Vlaeminck (VIC\/Plenty Valley CC)<\/p>\n<p>National Selector Shawn Flegler said the exposure to Indian conditions earlier in a player\u2019s career is invaluable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tour presents the players with a fantastic opportunity to gain valuable experience in subcontinental conditions and test themselves against strong international opposition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese experiences provide an important foundation before our players make the step up to international cricket.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fixtures:<br \/>12 September: First T20, Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium<br \/>15 September: Second T20, Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium<br \/>17 September: Third T20, Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium<br \/>20 September: 50-over match, I. S. Bindra Punjab Cricket Stadium<br \/>23 September: 50-over match, I. S. Bindra Punjab Cricket Stadium<br \/>25 September: 50-over match, I. S. Bindra Punjab Cricket Stadium<br \/>29 September \u2013 2 October: Four-day match, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One of Western Australia\u2019s rising stars has earned selection in the Australia A squad for an upcoming tour&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":842812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85,83],"class_list":["post-842811","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\/842811","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=842811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}