Thunder pair to face World Champions

Australia will play three T20 Internationals against World Champions, New Zealand from 21-26 March.

Litchfield and Voll formed a dynamic partnership batting at the top of the order for Sydney Thunder last season as they charged into the Weber WBBL|10 finals.

Voll’s WBBL form propelled her into the Australian team for the first time when she made her Australian debut against India in December last year and the 21-year-old has made the most of her opportunities with subsequent selection in Australia’s Ashes squad and for this tour.

Cricket Australia’s Head of Performance (Women’s Cricket) and National Selector, Shawn Flegler said:

“These three matches against New Zealand will be another good test as to how the side has bounced back after the T20 World Cup; the team performed strongly during the Ashes and will be looking to build on that against the World Champions.”

Australian squad for CommBank Women’s Tour of New Zealand

Darcie Brown (Adelaide Strikers/Northern Districts CC)
Nicole Faltum (Melbourne Renegades/Dandenong CC
Ashleigh Gardner (Sydney Sixers/Bankstown CC) – vice-captain
Kim Garth (Melbourne Stars/Dandenong CC)
Grace Harris (Brisbane Heat/Western Suburbs CC) 
Alana King (Perth Scorchers/Midland Guildford CC)
Phoebe Litchfield (Sydney Thunder/Sydney University CC)
Tahlia McGrath (Adelaide Strikers/Glenelg CC) – captain
Beth Mooney (Perth Scorchers/Sandgate-Redcliffe CC)
Ellyse Perry (Sydney Sixers/Dandenong CC)
Megan Schutt (Adelaide Strikers/Sturt CC)
Annabel Sutherland (Melbourne Stars/Prahran CC)
Georgia Voll (Sydney Thunder/Sandgate-Redcliffe District CC)
Georgia Wareham (Melbourne Renegades/Essendon Maribyrnong Park CC)

CommBank Women’s Tour of New Zealand

21 March: Eden Park, Auckland (2:45pm)

23 March: Bay Oval, Tauranga (2:45pm)

26 March: Sky Stadium, Wellington (2:45pm)

*All times are local