Beth Mooney suffered jaw surgery after undergoing jaw surgery ahead of the upcoming Women’s Ashes and is facing a quandary to be fit for the ICC ODI World Cup. The batsman suffered a face injury while facing the throwdown on Monday.
The Expressed Condolences To Mooney :-
The Ashes will begin on January 20 with the first T20I in Adelaide. Head coach Matthew Mott expressed condolences to Mooney and described the incident as a ‘rogue delivery’ that knocked the batsman out.
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“Beth Mooney was batting unbelievably well and, be that as it may, just a wicked ball came and put her in a tricky position and she tried to get out of the way but hit it on the side of the chin,” They said.
“The good news is that our doctors are positive enough that the way jaw surgery is working these days, the return time is slightly shorter.
“She’s in good spirits… hopefully she gets through that surgery well and we can find out when she can re-enter the group.”
An Insatiably Difficult Character :-
We have to be smart about it and what it looks like for her and listen to the surgeon. But he’s an inexplicably difficult character. The ball hit him hard yesterday and his response was very rough and he just asked for some water.”
The Women’s World Cup begins on March 4 with Australia opening their campaign against England on the second day of the tournament. Mooney, the top-order T20I batsman, was the highest run-scorer in the Women’s Big Bash League and is a vital cog at the wheel.
Matthew Mott felt that this gives other players the opportunity to raise their hands and grab their opportunity.
The Golden Opportunity to Raise Your Hand :-
“It’s a golden opportunity for some players to raise their hand. There’s strongly no reason why it can’t come from outside the (main) team. (the selectors) will firmly sit down today and just work out what is best for this group.”
“Think we are trying to avoid COVID altogether and have a feeling that it may be infiltrating our group,” said Matthew Mott.
“While we’ve tried to be really smart, be as different as we can so that if someone goes down. We can isolate them really quickly and not take down the whole crew.” can go.
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There’s probably more to come. Which looking at the Big Bash and the way the teams have progressed. And grow is something we really expect to do for this series.”
South Australia and Melbourne Renegades all-rounder Courtney Webb has been included in Australia A squad as cover for Strano and Mack.
