Sydney, Aug. 8 -- Alyssa Healy has made a successful return in her first match since January, while national teammate Kim Garth also impressed to help Australia A seal a 13-run win in the opening T20 against India A.
Healy did not have to wait long to enter the action after India A put the hosts in to bat first at Mackay's Great Barrier Reef Arena and she quickly settled, smacking an 18-ball 27 to hand Australia A a solid start.
In an innings where no other Australia A batter looked particularly comfortable, Healy appeared to be playing on a different surface, hitting five boundaries before she was caught off the bowling of Sajana Sajeevan.
After her dismissal, Australia A's top-to-middle-order struggled to get going on a tricky surface,...