Wednesday’s opening WT20 matchup pits Australia A against India A

In the next multi-format series down under, Australia and India are all prepared to go up against each other with their ‘A’ teams. The shortest format will be played first in the series, followed by one-dayers then a final four-day Test match to conclude the series.

The thrilling women’s ‘A’ series is the first in Australia’s spectacular summer of international cricket.

Three Twenty20 matches and three One-Day matches will pit Australia A, captained by Tahlia McGrath, against India A. At Brisbane’s AB Field on Wednesday, the series gets underway.

Minnu Mani will be the captain of India, however. Shabnam Shakeel is a member of the visiting team, however her availability is contingent upon her level of fitness. Saima Thakor has been retained as a backup player, nevertheless, in case she becomes unavailable.

At 1:00 PM local time, the three WT20 matches will begin. At Gold Coast District Cricket Club, the single four-day match will start on August 22.

With coverage on Kayo and a free stream accessible on www.cricket.com.au and the CA Live app, cricket fans can watch all the action live.

Schedule:

Squads:

Australia A: Maitlan Brown, Maddy Darke, Sophie Day, Nicole Faltum (wk), Tess Flintoff, Kim Garth, Charli Knott (vc), Katie Mack, Tahlia McGrath (c), Grace Parsons, Courtney Sippel, Tayla Vlaeminck, Tahlia Wilson

India A: Minnu Mani (c), Shweta Sehrawat (vc), Priya Punia, Shubha Satheesh, Tejal Hasabnis, Kiran Navgire, Sajana Sajeevan, Uma Chetry (wk), Shipra Giri (wk), Raghavi Bisht, Saika Ishaque, Mannat Kashyap, Tanuja Kanwar, Priya Mishra, Meghna Singh, Sayali Satghare, Shabnam Shakeel (subject to fitness), S Yashasri.