Australia leads the first-ever multi-series between the international locations 8 factors to 4 after recording 2-1 victories within the T20I and ODI sequence, however South Africa can end degree with an upset win – a job made a lot tougher with out Kapp, who fell in poor health yesterday.
Spin is predicted to play an element amid sizzling climate all through the match, however the floor for this match – which has a inexperienced tinge – has not been used to date this season.
Veteran Beth Mooney will open alongside Phoebe Litchfield having batted properly at No.4 within the limited-overs sequence, whereas Healy will bat at No.5 like she did in India.
After historic first victories over Australia within the shorter codecs, a youthful South Africa face a frightening problem with out Kapp in solely their second Check match of the previous decade.
This match is the first Check on the well-known WACA because the males’s Ashes in December 2017, whereas the final girls’s Check performed there was a decade in the past.
Perth, Australia’s sunniest metropolis, has been within the grips of a heatwave with 43 levels celsius forecast on day one. There had been hope of day by day crowds of round 3000 for the 5000-capacity floor that’s at the moment beneath redevelopment, however the determine is predicted to be considerably decrease on day one.
Australia: 1 Beth Mooney, 2 Phoebe Litchfield, 3 Ellyse Perry, 4 Tahlia McGrath, 5 Alyssa Healy (capt, wk), 6 Annabel Sutherland, 7 Ash Gardner, 8 Sophie Molineux, 9 Kim Garth, 10 Alana King, 11 Darcie Brown
South Africa: 1 Laura Wolvaardt (capt), 2 Anneke Bosch, 3 Sune Luus, 4 Tazmin Brits, 5 Delmi Tucker, 6 Chloe Tryon, 7 Nadine de Klerk, 8 Sinalo Jafta (wk), 9 Nonkulueko Mlaba, 10 Masabata Klaas, 11 Ayanda Hlubi
