Trisha Chetty, the South African wicket-keeper batsman, will miss the remainder of the ongoing ICC Women’s World T20 confirmed Cricket South Africa on November 12 (Monday).
Meanwhile, Chetty will miss the tournament due to the reoccurrence of a back injury. The selectors have named Faye Tunnicliffe as her replacement. Speaking about the injury Hilton Moreeng, head coach, admitted that it is frustrating for his team. He also wished her a speedy recovery and lauded her hard works.
“It has been very frustrating for us as a team. You have to feel for a player like Trisha Chetty who has worked extremely hard and recovered well to get here. It’s really unfortunate, it’s something that’s reoccurred and we couldn’t control. We wish her a speedy recovery. After speaking to her after we got all of the medical reports you could tell it was very frustrating and disappointing for her as well,” Hilton said.
Furthermore, Hilton Moreeng stated that Faye is one of the exciting prospects in the country. She is also familiar with this conditions as she was with the squad during their previous visit to Windies.
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“Faye Tunnicliffe who is coming in to replace Trish is one of the promising young wicket-keepers that we have in the country. She is also familiar with the conditions, she was with us on the last tour,” he added.
“We just need to make sure that we as a squad continue to focus on moving forward and work hard because we have our opening game tomorrow which is going to be crucial. We know that we are in a tough group and we’re ready for that. At the end of the day, we can only control what we can, we just need to stay focused,” he concluded.
South Africa, who are playing their group games in St Lucia, with start their campaign against Sri Lanka on Monday.
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