Australia's captain Alyssa Healy and vice-captain Tahlia McGrath geared up for the historic Women's Ashes Day-Night Test Match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in some fiery photos that were recently unveiled by Cricket Australia.
The Test, scheduled to begin on January 30, 2025, marks the 90th anniversary of the first women's Test Match at the MCG in 1934-35. The match will end on February 2, 2025.
Healy and McGrath, on Monday night, were present at the MCG to mark six months to go until upcoming inaugural day-night Test between Australia and England.
Australia captain Alyssa Healy said: "We can't wait to play the first-ever day-night Test at MCG. It's going to be a special occasion as we honour the 90th anniversary of the first women's Test series under lights at this iconic venue.
"We are preparing for a big summer including the ICC T20 World Cup in Bangladesh, white ball series at home against New Zealand and India culminating with the multi-format Ashes series. We hope the Australian fans get behind us as we take on some tough rivals this summer."
Meanwhile, Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley looked forward to the "brilliant" Australian Women's team's "historic first day-night Test at the world-renowned venue" in just six months.
Hockley expressed gratitude to the Victorian government and the MCG for their support and said that this series "promises to be a landmark occasion for Australian sport."
MCG CEO Stuart Fox said: "The MCG hosted the first-ever international Test Match in 1877, the first-ever One-Day International match in 1971 and saw over 86,000 for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final between Australia and India in 2020.
"Now we have the opportunity to host our first-ever day-night Test which is sure to become another important moment in the MCG's storied history.
"It is extremely special that this milestone falls with a Women's Ashes Test, a series beloved at the MCG, and while marking the 90th anniversary of hosting our first Women's Test."
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