Meg Lanning returns to the squad after a 6-month long break and Georgia Wareham is back from a long injury layoff as Australia named a 15-member squad for their T20 World Cup title defence in South Africa, starting February 10. The same squad will play a T20 series against Pakistan before the start of the world cup between January 24 and 29.
Australia: Meg Lanning (c), Alyssa Healy (VC), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Heather Graham, Grace Harris, Jess Jonassen, Alana King, Tahlia McGrath, Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Wareham