Australia could start the Ashes without an injured Beth Mooney and Ellyse Perry as selectors consider leaving the game's biggest name out of the Twenty20 team.
Australia's squad for Thursday's opening match of the multi-format series remains uncertain after Mooney was hit in the chin facing throwdowns from coach Matt Mott on Monday.
The world's top-ranked Twenty20 batter had surgery on Tuesday and will now miss at least the T20 component of the Ashes, and most likely the one-off Test and three ODI matches as well.
