Jess Jonassen says she and her Australian cricket teammates are lucky to have a high-level of coaching and psychological support to meet fitness goals, after a key player was left out of South Africa's Women's T20 World Cup squad.
Speaking to ABC Sport, Jonassen talked about conditions in South Africa, Australia's opponents in Group 1 and the furore over the hosts, who left spinning all-rounder Dane van Niekerk out of their squad for the tournament after she finished 18 seconds outside a time target for a 2 kilometre time trial.
Van Niekerk is the only South African women's cricketer to take more than 50 wickets and score more than 1,500 runs in T20 internationals.
