A decision on whether Australian captain Alyssa Healy takes her place in the Ashes Test at the MCG could be left until the last minute with coach Shelley Nitschke unwilling to “rush” a call as the skipper tries to overcome a foot injury.

Australia captain Alyssa Healy is making a bold bid to play in the historic day-night Ashes Test at the MCG starting on Thursday after completing a full training session two days out despite battling a stress injury in her foot that saw her miss the entire T20I series while wearing a moon boot.

Australian pacer Mitchell Starc swapped the cricket field for the commentary box during the women’s Ashes, as he commentated while his wife, Alyssa Healy, played. Interestingly, Healy was on-air throughout the Border-Gavaskar Trophy throughout the past two months,

A deluge of rain with just five balls left in the second T20 handed Australia a six-run victory in the second Ashes T20 as Australian captain Alyssa Healy declared her injured foot would have to “sawn off” to miss the series-ending Test match.

Australia captain Alyssa Healy might miss the remainder of the Women's Ashes 2025 due to mid-foot soreness. Cricket Australia is consulting specialists to manage her condition, and her participation in upcoming matches is uncertain.

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Australian captain Alyssa Healy has been left feeling “pretty flat” after a foot injury, her third setback in the last four months, derailed her Ashes campaign and potentially ended her season.

Healy was named as a specialist batter in Australia’s squad for the Ashes Test, which was revealed on Thursday evening, with teammate Beth Mooney expected to don the gloves in her absence. Superstar all-rounder Ash Gardner also features in the Test squad despite the first two T20s against England with a “low grade calf strain”.

Australian cricket team's captain Alyssa Healy has been ruled out of the first T20I at the SCG. She suffered a foot injury on the same side as her previous plantar fascia injury during last year's ICC Women's T20 World Cup. The nature of her condition has raised doubts over her participation in the remaining matches of the Ashes series.

Alyssa Healy has been given a tentative green light to captain Australia in next week’s MCG Ashes Test, but will hand wicketkeeping duties to Beth Mooney.

Australian women’s captain Alyssa Healy is in major doubt for Monday night’s Ashes Twenty20 clash at the SCG, and potentially the rest of the series.

Australia captain Alyssa Healy is a significant doubt for the remainder ... She returned to keeping duties for the three ODIs against England with the matches taking place in six days.