Blow for Proteas Women as Chetty is ruled out of World T20

The Proteas Women suffered a blow ahead of their Women’s World T20 opening game when wicketkeeper Trisha Chetty was ruled out of the tournament due to the reoccurrence of a back injury.

The Event Technical Committee of the ICC Women’s World T20 approved Faye Tunnicliffe as Chetty’s replacement. The Committee comprises Mel Jones, Jennifer Nero, Roland Holder, Geoff Allardice, Chris Tetley and Ebony Rainford-Brent.

Nineteen-year-old Tunnicliffe will make her way to St. Lucia where South Africa are participating in Group A of the tournament as soon as possible.

The news comes on the day of South Africa’s opening match of the competition against Sri Lanka.

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Proteas Women’s coach Hilton Moreeng said: “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.

“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 (against West Indies).

“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.”

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