Australia captain Alyssa Healy ruled out of World Cup clash with England in India with calf injury
Published 21/10/2025 at 23:58 GMT+1
Australia meet England in the World Cup on Wednesday. Both teams have already qualified for the semi-finals, but England will be keen to prove they have improved since their embarrassing Ashes defeat at the start of this year. Australia's captain Alyssa Healy has been ruled out of the game with a a calf injury. TNT Sports will provide live text coverage of Australia against England.
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Australia captain Alyssa Healy has been ruled out of their World Cup meeting with England on Wednesday with a calf injury.
Healy sustained the minor strain in a training session on Saturday, and with Australia having already booked their place in the semi-finals, they will be hoping Healy can still return to action at the tournament.
You can follow live text coverage of England's clash with Australia on tntsports.co.uk - part of a massive winter of cricket, which will include live coverage of the men's Ashes series between Australia and England on TNT Sports and discovery+.
Australia are currently in second place in the Women's World Cup standings, after South Africa went top by thrashing Pakistan on Tuesday.
England go into the match in Indore in third place, and are also sure of their place in the last four.
Healy has been in sparkling form so far at this World Cup, making 142 against India and an unbeaten 113 against Bangladesh.
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Alyssa Healy celebrates her century against India at the World Cup
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Beth Mooney will replace Healy as wicketkeeper, with Tahlia McGrath set to captain the side. Georgia Voll is expected to step in at the top of the batting order.
Meanwhile, England fast bowler Lauren Bell believes the team have improved greatly since their embarrassing 16-0 defeat in the Ashes series at the start of this year.
"We've come a long way since we played Australia in the Ashes," Bell told BBC Sport.
"Lottie's [coach Charlotte Edwards] really big on just winning, and working out a way however it looks or however it might come. Sometimes winning ugly is something that you need to learn how to do."
Elsewhere, South Africa claimed a formidable 150-run victory via DLS against Pakistan.
Marizanne Kapp scored an unbeaten 68 and took three wickets to lead South Africa to victory.
Laura Wolvaardt, with 90, and Sune Luus, who made 61, were also in the runs and helped South Africa to 312.
Pakistan, who are now eliminated from the tournament, never looked like getting close in response.
England's bid to win back the Ashes for the first time in a decade will be shown live and exclusively on TNT Sports this winter. Every ball will be shown across TNT Sports and discovery+.
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