Australia captain Alyssa Healy is a significant doubt for the remainder of the Ashes series after she was ruled out of the first T20I with a "stress response" in her foot on the same side as the injury she sustained at last year's T20 World CupIt meant that Australia were led by Tahlia McGrath in what became a convincing victory to retain the Ashes at the SCG while the top-order vacancy was filled by debutant Georgia Voll and Beth Mooney will keep wicket.

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.

Australia have been dealt a huge blow in the ongoing Women's Ashes with their skipper Alyssa Healy ruled out of the first T20I. Moreover, her participation in the remainder of the Ashes is also in doubt due to a foot injury.

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.

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.

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.

Alyssa Healy’s Ashes campaign is in doubt with Cricket Australia unsure when the Australian captain will return from a foot injury. After Australia’s clean sweep of the One Day International portion of the multi-format Ashes, Healy reported soreness in the same foot that she injured during last year’s Twenty20 World Cup.

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.

Australia Women and England Women shifted their focus to the T20I leg of the ongoing Women's Ashes 2025, as the first match of the series got underway on Monday, January 20 at the iconic Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) in Sydney.

Australia have retained the women's Ashes with a 57-run defeat of England in the multi-format series' first Twenty20 International at the SCG.