Beth Mooney and Ash Gardner to miss the game against India?: Australia sits at the top of Group A of the ongoing Women’s ICC T20 World Cup 2026. They are on the edge of making their way into the best four of the tournament, with multiple injury threats.
The former World Cup winners remain unbeaten after playing three matches, ahead of their high-voltage clash against the Indian Women’s. There near perfect momentum is dented by multiple injury threats.
Multiple injury threats for the Australian Women’s cricket team
Star keeper-batter Beth Mooney and Ashleigh Gardner both have had injury scares during their match against the Netherlands Women’s cricket team. Against the Dutch, Gardner scored 58 off 32 while Beth Mooney retired hurt after scoring 74 off 42.
Because of the team effort, the Aussie brigade secured an appealing total of 219 runs for 6 wickets in 20 overs. The total was too much to claim the win against the Orange brigade. The encouraging win came along with multiple injury concerns.
While Beth Mooney suffered a back issue during the match against the Netherlands, Gardner had ankle concerns, and Phoebe Litchfield suffered a quad issue in their tournament opener against South Africa. Ahead of their match against India, which will be on June 28, after the match against Pakistan on June 23, Ashleigh Gardner provides updates on the injury concerns.
Latest updates on the injuries ahead of the India Women’s match
“Obviously, we have such a big tournament, two more huge round games, and then hopefully some finals. So yeah, don’t want to push where we don’t have to,” Gardner said in the post-match.
“And my ankle was good. Yeah, obviously made a full recovery to be able to be confident enough to play today. It’s certainly still bruised. But that’s just the theatrics of it, but yeah, all is good,” she informed about his own fitness.
Beth Mooney did not come to keep the wickets in the second innings
Beth Mooney, who retired hurt during the first innings of the Australia vs. the Netherlands match, did not take the field. During his absence, her fellow opener Georgia Voll took over the keeping gloves.
Voll did well with the gloves, but Mooney is undoubtedly one of the main forces in the team, who can lead the team into the next phase of the title and eventually a spot in the summit clash. Is she okay to play the next games in the tournament? “Just precautionary for Moons,” Gardner said after the match against the Netherlands.
According to some cricket experts, the Australia Women’s cricket team, which was considered invincible in the format, might have lost its flair. Reports told Gardner to introspect on their own performance. Gardner remains humble and highlights the importance of learning.
“(The media) can talk about our team that way. We always come into these tournaments, and there is an expectation that Australia should do well, but I think within our group at the moment, we’re staying so present in what the moment is and taking the positives and the learnings out of each game, each training session, and focusing on that, controlling what we can control,” she said.
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Author: Staff Cricket Addictor
