Australia’s conveyor belt of talent rolls on with spectacular rise of young gun Georgia Voll | Martin Pegan

Gifted opener is the latest youngster to make an immediate impact after breaking through for a debut with the dominant women’s team

Australia’s dominance in women’s cricket over more than a decade means defeat in a global tournament is now considered a shock. Each blip on the radar at least gives a glimmer of hope to the chasing pack that the gap to the top might finally be closing.

Rather than overreacting to their humbling loss to South Africa in the Women’s T20 World Cup semi-final in October, Australia have turned to the same approach that has worked so well for them in recent years – pushing aside any sense of panic or suggestions of a need to rebuild and calming picking the next young gun from their conveyor belt of emerging talent.

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Source: Cricket - The Guardian