Australia has announced its squad for the white-ball leg of the upcoming Women’s Ashes series, with injury-prone all-rounder Sophie Molineux ruled out of the campaign due to surgery.

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Sydney Thunder opener Georgia Voll has retained her place in the national squad after a breakout campaign against India, cracking a maiden ODI century in Brisbane earlier this month.

The 21-year-old headlines a 13-player squad for the three ODIs against England, the first of which gets underway at North Sydney Oval on January 12, with Queensland teammate Grace Harris joining for the T20 matches.

Australia’s squad for the pink-ball Test at the MCG, which commences on January 30, will be announced in the coming weeks.

“We’re pleased with how the side performed in recent series against India and New Zealand and are confident we have a balanced squad capable of retaining the Ashes,” national selector Shawn Flegler said in a statement.

“It was pleasing to see Alyssa Healy return to action against New Zealand and looked in good touch, along with a number of batters continuing their strong form on from the recent series against India.

“Whilst Georgia Voll didn’t play against New Zealand, she’s made a brilliant start to her international career and will be a strong option with the bat if required in her debut Ashes series.

“The bowling group provides plenty of variety which will be important against a strong England batting line up.

“The Ashes is always a fierce contest with the top two ranked teams in the world going head-to-head and this series will be no different.”

Molineux, who has an unfortunate history with injury, will undergo left knee surgery next month having missed last week’s ODI tour of New Zealand.

The Victorian, who also missed the 2022 and 2023 Ashes due to injury, made her long-awaited return to international cricket in February.

Despite Molineux’s absence, there was no room in the Australian squad for veteran spinner Jess Jonassen, leaving the hosts without a left-armed tweaker for the white-ball matches against England.

Australia’s Ashes squad for ODIs and T20Is

Alyssa Healy (c), Darcie Brown, Ashleigh Gardner, Kim Garth, Grace Harris (T20s only), Alana King, Phoebe Litchfield, Tahlia McGrath (vc), Beth Mooney, Ellyse Perry, Megan Schutt, Annabel Sutherland, Georgia Voll, Georgia Wareham