Lanning captained Australia to a Twenty20 World Cup victory earlier this 12 months
Australia captain Meg Lanning will miss this summer time’s Ashes sequence in opposition to England for medical causes, Cricket Australia has introduced.
Lanning, 31, has been withdrawn from the squad on the recommendation of medical employees due to a difficulty which requires administration from residence, it stated.
Wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy will captain the facet in her absence.
“It is an unlucky setback for Meg,” stated CA’s Head of Efficiency (Girls’s Cricket), Shawn Flegler.
“She’s clearly disillusioned to have been dominated out of the Ashes,” he added.
“It is a important sequence for the staff and he or she’ll be missed, however she understands the necessity to put her well being first.
“Meg will stay at residence the place she is going to proceed to work with medical employees with the intention to return to enjoying as quickly as attainable.”
Lanning, who has gained two Girls’s Cricket World Cup titles, solely returned to cricket in January following a six-month psychological well being break. She then captained Australia to a fifth Twenty20 World Cup title the next month.
All-rounder Tahlia McGrath will act as as vice-captain for the sequence.
No alternative is being named for Lanning within the squad as a result of gamers could be made accessible from the Australia A squad which is touring England on the similar time.
The multi-format Ashes sequence begins with a Check in Nottingham on 22 June and is adopted by three T20 video games and three one-day worldwide matches.
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