Due to exhaustion, England batter Danni Wyatt has
withdrew from the WBBL, where she was scheduled to play for the Perth
Scorchers.
The Scorchers selected Wyatt with the gold pick in the
draught earlier this month after keeping Sophie Devine with the platinum pick.
Her absence from England’s ODI series against Sri Lanka was recently excused.
The Scorchers completed their foreign trifecta by
signing Amy Jones via direct nomination, but they now need to find someone to
take Wyatt’s place.
“We’re rapt to be able to have someone of Danni’s
quality in orange,
Scorchers head coach Becky Grundy had said after
the draft. “She’s shown in international cricket her ability to float up
and down the order so there’s flexibility there.”
The women’s game’s schedule is getting busier all the
time, and there have even been recent instances of players starting to pick and
choose which events they play in. Nat Sciver-Brunt and Smriti Mandhana did not
enter their names in the WBBL draught.
Megan Schutt,
an Australian pace bowler, claimed that more players were beginning to discuss
how much cricket they play.
“Our schedule as a whole is pretty intimidating
to be honest,” Schutt said. “But just having the choice is probably
the ultimate opportunity in itself. There’s so many leagues now that if someone
does want to do the T20 circuit, that’s bloody awesome.
“If they have the body and desire to keep doing
that then that’s cool. But it’s definitely daunting and something we’ve
discussed with our coaches about how we are going to manage ourselves.”