Australian womens winter training squads named

Women's Cricket Australia national selectors announced on Wednesday their senior and junior squads to train during the winter.

Twenty-five names were announced by WCA Elite Programs and Development Manager, Andrew Zesers, to form the senior squad. It is expected that the team to defend the Women's World Cup in New Zealand in November-December will be chosen from these players.

Among the more notable inclusions in the list is former Australian all-rounder Zoe Goss, who broke her retirement last year to captain the Western Fury in the Women's National League. Goss has not played for Australia since the last World Cup in India in 1997.

Some players will be required to meet fitness standards to ensure their continuation in the squad, however the release from the WCA did not name these players.

The full squad is: Belinda Clark (NSW), Karen Rolton (SA), Joanne Broadbent (SA), Lisa Keightley (NSW), Melanie Jones (Vic), Olivia Magno (SA), Martha Winch (NSW), Charmaine Mason (Vic), Cathryn Fitzpatrick (Vic), Julia Price (Qld), Avril Fahey (WA), Clea Smith (Vic), Kelly Klibbe (Qld), Jane Franklin (Vic), Louise Broadfoot (Vic), Tricia Brown (Qld), Julie Hayes (NSW), Terry McGregor (NSW), Lisa Sthalekar (NSW), Michelle Goszko (NSW), Elwyn Campbell (WA), Megan White (Qld), Cherie Bambury (WA), Zoe Goss (WA), Leonie Coleman (NSW).

The youth squad of is: Sarah Andrews (NSW), Kris Britt (ACT), Melissa Bulow (Qld), Megah Compston (Vic), Sarah Edwards (Vic), Emma Liddell (NSW), Naomi Maidment (SA), Belinda Mattheson (Qld), Emma Murphy (WA), Debbie Nelson (NSW), Nicole Simon (SA), Jenny Wallace (NSW), Bree White (Vic).