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Australian captain Alyssa Healy, who has 428 runs to her name in 17 WPL matches played so far, has pulled out of WPL 2025 due to the stress injury in her right foot.
Chinelle Henry replaces Alyssa Helay in UP Warriorz squad for WPL 2025. (Picture Credit: Sportzpics)
West Indies all-rounder Chinelle Henry on Monday (February 3) has been announced as an injury replacement for Alyssa Healy in the UP Warriorz squad for the upcoming 2025 edition of the Women’s Premier League. The Australian captain and star wicketkeeper-batter, who was last seen in action for Southern Stars on Saturday (February 1) during the one-off Test against England at Melbourne Cricket Ground in the women’s Ashes series, was ruled out of WPL 2025 due to the stress injury in her right foot.
“UP Warriorz (UPW) picked Chinelle Henry as a replacement for Alyssa Healy for the upcoming edition of the TATA Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2025. Healy was ruled out of the third season of the TATA WPL due to an injury. Henry, who represents West Indies, has so far played 62 T20Is and has 473 runs and 22 wickets against her name in T20Is. She joins UPW for INR 30 lakh,” WPL stated in a release.
Healy, who is the greatest female cricketer of all time, has played 17 WPL matches for UP Warriorz in the last two seasons and scored 428 runs. She has three half-centuries to her name, and her best score in the tournament is 96 not out.
Meanwhile, 2024 champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru have picked Heather Graham and Kim Garth as replacements for Sophie Devine and Kate Cross, respectively. Devine and Cross will not feature in the WPL 2025 due to personal reasons.
Australian all-rounder Graham has played 5 T20Is and has 8 wickets to her name, whereas Garth has represented Australia in 59 T20Is, in addition to 56 ODIs and 4 Tests. She has 764 T20I runs and 49 T20I wickets. Garth had previously played for Gujarat Giants (GG) in the WPL. Graham and Garth join RCB for Rs 30 lakh each, respectively.
The 2025 edition of the WPL is set to start on February 14 with a match between Gujarat Giants and RCB at Kotambi Stadium in Vadodara, and the final is scheduled to take place on March 15 in Mumbai. In the third season of the women’s cricket, the matches will be played across four venues. In addition to Kotambi and Brabourne Stadium in Vadodara and Mumbai, respectively, Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium and Lucknow’s Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium will also host matches.
