Playing test: Cricket News & Match Updates

Perry has been racing the clock to recover from a quadriceps issue that threatened to rule her out of the pink-ball encounter against India. However, the 35-year-old’s progress in training this week has given the Australian camp optimism.

“We've got a very rough idea about what it's going to look like. Obviously, Ellyse Perry is the key one, and we'll just assess her as we go. She trained really well yesterday, so it's looking really promising. For her to be able to take part in this series again (would be) huge – from all reports, it wasn't exactly a straightforward niggle that she had, so her ability to get back up for this game is pretty remarkable. Playing Test cricket for us girls is few and far between at times. So I think she'll be champing at the bit to get out there,” Healy told reporters in Perth of Australia's likely XI.   Read More...