Alana King awarded CA contract

West Aussie Alana King has been rewarded for her performances earning a contract on Cricket Australia's women's list.

King is the only West Aussie in the squad earning your place with exceptional performances in the Ashes and recent Women's World Cup.

CA's Head of Performance Women's Cricket and National Selector Shawn Fegler said it has been an incredible 12-months for the Australian Women's Team highlighted by the 50-over World Cup triumph.

“Alana King came into the side during the Ashes and hasn’t missed a beat, she produced match-winning performances across all three formats and thoroughly deserves her spot on the list. After the loss of Georgia Wareham to injury, we were in a fortunate position to be able to replace her with another outstanding leg spinner in Alana. It’s a real credit to Alana and the Australian Cricket system to have someone of her calibre waiting in the wings ready to go."

Sophie Molineux has been omitted from the contract list.

Cricket Australia contracted list for 2022/23:

Darcie Brown (SA/Northern Districts CC), Nicola Carey (TAS/North Hobart CC), Ashleigh Gardner (NSW/Bankstown CC), Rachael Haynes (VC) (NSW/Sydney CC), Alyssa Healy (NSW/Sydney CC), Jessica Jonassen (QLD/Valleys District CC), Alana King (WA/Midland Guildford CC), Meg Lanning (C) (VIC/Box Hill CC), Tahlia McGrath (SA/Glenelg CC), Beth Mooney (QLD/Sandgate-Redcliffe CC), Ellyse Perry (VIC/Dandenong CC), Megan Schutt (SA/Sturt CC), Annabel Sutherland (VIC/Prahan CC), Tayla Vlaeminck (VIC/Plenty Valley CC), Georgia Wareham (VIC/Essendon Maribyrnong Park Ladies CC).

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