The squad gathered in Brisbane on June 29 for a coaching camp forward of their departure to England however will journey with out their skipper Lanning, who has withdrawn from the sequence to stay at house to handle an undisclosed medical problem.

Nitschke couldn't shed any mild on what Lanning was coping with however admitted her sudden absence from the tour had rocked the squad as they gathered collectively for the primary time for the reason that Lanning announcement was made on Saturday.

"I'm sure they were a little bit rattled by the news," Nitschke stated. "But I think Meg is in our thoughts. We also know that she wants us to go over there and get the job done.

"We've had a while to kind of get our head round it now and having the ladies up right here this week, it is very nice to get them collectively."

"The indisputable fact that she [Healy] captained the group in India final yr and did a unbelievable job, the ladies received round her, performed some actually good cricket, so I feel she ought to take lots of confidence out of that and I feel she loved it."

Australia ladies's coach Shelley Nitschke

Nitschke believes that Healy and the group would be able to handle Lanning's absence again.

"[Healy] had an enormous couple of days herself, to search out out that she's captaining for an Ashes sequence," Nitschke said. "But I feel the truth that she captained the group in India final yr and did a unbelievable job, the ladies received round her, performed some actually good cricket, so I feel she ought to take lots of confidence out of that and I feel she loved it.

"I think we've got some really good leaders in the group. We've got a lot of experience in the group. I think one thing that we've been really good at over the years is just being able to adapt and take some knocks as they come. I've got the utmost confidence in our group to head across and hopefully get the job done."

"It's a lot on her plate," Nitschke stated. "I think it's a definite conversation that we'll be having pretty soon to see how that might look for her in the batting order."

"Phoebe is so talented and has been on the radar and in that talent ID process for a little while, so she's certainly got the attributes," Nitschke stated. "I think when we get over there in the English conditions, we've been training here with red balls and we had some overcast conditions in the first camp, but it's just different again over there.

"So I feel there's slightly bit to play out earlier than we kind of work out who our greatest XI is for that Test match to kick off the Ashes. But Phoebs is actually placing her hand up. We've received a two-day sport this week and received a three-day sport over there so there is a bit to play out. I feel she's positively received the attributes as have fairly a couple of gamers. We'll see the place it lands."