Australia’s preparation for India day-night Test to start throughout WBBL
Australia’s girls are set to face the problem of getting ready for a Test match in India whereas taking part in the WBBL with nationwide selector Shawn Flegler revealing that planning is already underway to have each the quick bowlers and spinners rising their bowling masses throughout the six-week T20 event in preparation for a day-night pink-ball encounter initially of the tour.
Australia are set to play their first Test match in India since 1984 as a part of a multi-format sequence in December and January. The dates and venues for the tour are but to be introduced however Australia are getting ready to start the sequence with a day-night pink-ball Test. The two groups performed a day-night Test on the Gold Coast throughout India’s tour of Australia in 2021.
The WBBL will run from October 19 until December 2 with all of Australia’s internationals prone to play the complete season. Harmanpreet Kaur is the one India participant at present contracted to play on this yr’s competitors after being picked by Melbourne Renegades in final weekend’s overseas draft.
The present Australia workforce haven’t confronted such a brief turnaround from the WBBL right into a Test match, not to mention a Test match in India. Flegler stated it will be a singular preparation however one they’re already planning for.
“We’ve got to do preparation during the WBBL,” he stated. “Which is really important for, one, our pace bowlers to have their loads up and be ready to go if required to bowl long spells during the Test match, but also our spin bowlers.
“So it is a balancing act taking part in WBBL but in addition getting some masses in and getting ready.”
Flegler additionally revealed that Australia wouldn’t play a long-form warm-up fixture earlier than the Test regardless of taking part in a three-day tour match in opposition to England A forward of this yr’s Ashes Test.
Australia will instead hold a training camp in India with centre-wickets and an intrasquad game set to be the only match practice they get before the Test. Australia are also planning on using local Indian players in their preparation, similar to Australia’s men using net bowlers for their pre-series camp in Bengaluru ahead of the four-Test tour earlier this year.
“We’re going to go to India every week or 10 days earlier than the Test match begins,” Flegler said. “So we’ll have some good coaching prep main into that. We’ll have some additional gamers from India that we are going to use in some centre-wicket situations. We do not have an precise warm-up fixture. We’ve gone down the trail of getting an intrasquad sport basically. So we’ll have the squad over there with some extras from India. It’ll be a great problem for everybody popping out of WBBL right into a pink-ball Test match below lights.”