Wicketkeeper-batter Polly Inglis earned her maiden call-up as recently-crowned Ladies’s T20 World champions New Zealand introduced their 15-member squad for the upcoming three-match ODI collection towards India, starting in Ahmedabad on Thursday. Inglis, 28, was rewarded for constant performances with each bat and gloves for Otago Sparks within the girls’s Tremendous Smash and New Zealand A, resulting in her first New Zealand Cricket central contract in June. “We’re actually excited to introduce Polly for her first tour,” Head coach Ben Sawyer mentioned in a press release.
“She put her hand up in final season’s Hallyburton Johnstone Protect one-day competitors and all through the New Zealand A collection towards England, so it is a terrific subsequent step for her.” Lauren Down additionally returns to the squad after resuming worldwide cricket in July following a maternity break.
Rosemary Mair, who sustained a severe again harm earlier this 12 months, has been rested as a part of her long-term rehabilitation.
Mair and off-spinner Leigh Kasperek are the one two gamers lacking from the squad that gained the T20 World Cup within the UAE.
“Touring India is without doubt one of the nice experiences in world cricket,” Sawyer mentioned.
“It is such a particular place to return and I do know everyone seems to be wanting ahead to the problem forward.
“Alongside attempting to win the collection, the tour will function necessary preparation for subsequent 12 months’s ODI World Cup in India.” New Zealand gained the Ladies’s T20 World Cup in Dubai with a 32-run win over South Africa.
“It has been an incredible 24 hours for this group changing into T20 World Cup champions,” mentioned Sawyer.
“We’re relishing the win however after we get to India we’ll have to refocus and set our sights on the subsequent problem.”
New Zealand Ladies’s ODI squad: Sophie Devine (C), Suzie Bates, Eden Carson, Lauren Down, Izzy Gaze, Maddy Inexperienced, Brooke Halliday, Polly Inglis (WK), Fran Jonas, Jess Kerr, Melie Kerr, Molly Penfold, Georgia Plimmer, Hannah Rowe, Lea Tahuhu.
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