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.

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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”.

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.

Australian captain Alyssa Healy is “flat”, with her Ashes campaign in doubt, but Ash Gardner could return for the next T20 against England, with the “well-oiled machine” determined to seize every remaining point on offer having retained the trophy in just eight days.

Australia have named captain Alyssa Healy as a batter only in the day-night Ashes Test against England at the Melbourne <a t

Healy reported soreness in the same foot which was injured during the T20 World Cup last October after she ruptured her plantar fascia. She has been plagued with injuries after she picked up a knee injury ruling her out of the Women's Big Bash and the subsequent ODI series against India.

Mitchell Starc has proven to be a revelation in commentary for Channel 7 as wife Alyssa Healy leads Australia against England in the women's Ashes series. And he even managed to squeeze in a cheeky dig at Ashes nemesis Ben Stokes during the first ODI.

Australia captain Alyssa Healy's availability in the rest of the Women's Ashes 2025 is in doubt after the 34-year-old developed "mid-foot soreness", as reported by ESPNcricinfo.Healy had to miss the first T20I match of the series against England at the Sydney Cricket Ground after growing a foot soreness.

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.

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.

Alyssa Healy has a recurrence of the foot injury she picked up in the T20 World Cup and misses the opening T20 game with England.