Cricket Australia announces central contract for 2024-25 season: Cricket Australia has announced the central contracts of the women's cricket team for the 2024-25 season. Sophie Molineux returned to a central contract after two years. Molineux's performance in the last few series has been excellent. Even during the recently concluded Bangladesh tour, this star all-rounder won a lot of applause for his powerful game.
Sophie Molineux has returned to Cricket Australia's central contract after two years. Molineux's performance in the T-20 series played against Bangladesh was excellent. The Kangaroo star player was also named Man of the Series for taking six wickets in the series. Even in his ODI comeback, Molineux impressed with his bowling. Against Bangladesh, he took three wickets for just 10 runs.
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Meg Lanning's name is not included in the central contract of the women's team. Actually, Lanning had announced his retirement from international cricket in November last year. This is the reason why Lanning has not been given a place in the central contract.
The performance of the Australian team on the recently concluded Bangladesh tour was excellent. The Kangaroo team defeated Bangladesh 3-0 in the first three-match ODI series. After this, the dominance of the Australian team was also seen in the T-20 series. Kangaroo team won the first T-20 by 10 wickets. At the same time, Australia won by 58 runs in the second T20 and by 77 runs in the third match.
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