Australian pacer Megan Schutt was hailed by head coach Shelley Nitschke as an “ultimate professional” for taking her omission from her side’s ICC Women’s World Cup opener against New Zealand well, and the coach said that the bowler has a “big role moving forward”.

Schutt, the 32-year-old veteran with 140 ODI wickets, did not feature in the clash against White Ferns as the pace of a much younger, 22-year-old Darcie Brown was chosen.

Due to their abandoned match against Sri Lanka due to rain, there will be a seven-day gap between Australia’s clash against NZ and Pakistan. Schutt has 10 wickets in nine ODIs against Pakistan, while she did go wicketless in previous matches between these two sides at home back in 2023. Darcie, on the other hand, had figures of 2 for 21 and 3 for 32 in these t

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