When match, Jonassen has been part of each Australian touring squad since making her worldwide debut in 2012.
Those three, plus spin-bowling allrounder Ash Gardner, have been picked for Bangladesh forward of Jonassen, who was additionally snubbed from the ODI leg of West Indies’ tour to Australia final spring.
“I think over the last couple of years, particularly over the last 12 months, JJ’s role has not been as strong in the team,” Flegler mentioned. “That’s probably more to do with players like Ash Gardner having her game develop…and also players like Georgia Wareham with her skill set. Alana King’s form as well over the last 12 to 18 months has been really strong.”
Jonassen, at the moment in India for the Women’s Premier League, shall be high of thoughts ought to accidents strike the bowling assault within the lead-up to the T20 World Cup in Bangladesh in September.
Australia are additionally prone to meet New Zealand for a sequence forward of the World Cup, which might current Jonassen and Graham with probabilities for a recall.
“We’ve seen over the past few World Cups and Comm Games, we’ve had issues with injuries that come up at the last minute,” Flegler mentioned. “So if you’re not in the squad right now, you’ve just got to keep fighting and be ready if that opportunity does arise.”
Express fast Vlaeminck has been given the inexperienced mild to return to the worldwide set-up after recovering from a dislocated shoulder to play the tip of the WNCL season.
She final performed for Australia throughout the residence Ashes in the summertime of 2021/22, however was recognized with a stress fracture in her foot throughout that sequence. The damage saved her out of the ODI World Cup and Commonwealth Games in 2022 and final yr’s T20 World Cup, all received by Australia.
Vlaeminck had been making her comeback with Australia A in final yr’s tour of England when she injured her shoulder. She discovered of her newest recall throughout an emotional telephone name from Flegler.
“I think I lost the ability to speak for a moment there,” Vlaeminck mentioned. “It’s something I’ve been pushing towards and it’s given me motivation over the last couple of years. For it to actually happen, it felt a little bit surreal, to be honest.”
Australia will play three ODIs and three T20Is throughout their keep in Bangladesh, starting with the primary ODI on March 21. They have by no means toured Bangladesh for a bilateral sequence, final visiting in 2014 for his or her victorious T20 World Cup marketing campaign.
Australia squad vs Bangladesh
Alyssa Healy (capt), Darcie Brown, Ash Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris (T20 solely), Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath, Sophie Molineux, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham, Tayla Vlaeminck
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