- Player misses Sydney Sixers match after having surgical procedure available
- Extended absence anticipated following ‘accident at home’
Australian Associated Press
Mon 23 Oct 2023 00.46 CEST
Australian cricket star Alyssa Healy has undergone surgical procedure on her hand after an incident at home described by a teammate as a “vicious dog attack”.
Healy was a late withdrawal from the Sydney Sixers’ WBBL match towards the Sydney Thunder on Sunday evening, with a group assertion citing an “accident at home”.
After the Sixers confirmed the 33-year-old went in for surgical procedure on Sunday, her Thunder rival and Australian teammate Phoebe Litchfield later stated Healy had been injured in a canine attack.
Speaking to Fox after the Thunder’s win over the Sixers, Litchfield stated: “It sounded like a pretty vicious dog attack, and I don’t know if this is public, just a lacerated finger I’m pretty sure, so hopefully she’s alright.”
Healy posted an Instagram image with a bandaged hand saying she appreciated folks’s assist as she watched Sunday’s sport from home.
Sixers head Rachael Haynes stated after the sport the following fortnight can be vital for Healy, however wasn’t certain how lengthy she can be unavailable.
“I spoke to her family and she’s certainly in good spirits and we will be in the position probably over the next couple of days to clarify all the information around that,” Haynes instructed Fox.
Healy will face the media on Monday morning when additional details about the harm, seemingly together with how lengthy she shall be sidelined, can be given.
“She has not been replaced on the Sixers’ roster,” the Sixers stated in an announcement.
Healy has captained the all-conquering Australian girls’s aspect throughout the prolonged absence of full-time skipper Meg Lanning, most just lately in an ODI and T20 sequence towards the West Indies.
The Sixers’ subsequent match is towards Brisbane Heat North Sydney Oval on Tuesday evening.
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