Australia pacer Vlaeminck unavailable for selection till T20Is against India

Mackay, Sep 16 : Australia pacer Tayla Vlaeminck will not be considered for selection until the T20I leg of the multi-format series against India, said head coach Matthew Mott on Thursday.

Mott confirmed that Tayla, who missed last years T20 World Cup in Australia with a stress fracture in her right foot, had suffered some niggles during the pre-season in Victoria.

Tayla had made a comeback into international cricket on the white-ball tour of New Zealand in March and April this year where she featured in four out of six matches with one of them washed out."Tayla will not be considered at this stage.Shell be likely for the back end of the tournament for the T20s.

Taylas had some little niggles throughout her build-up down in Victoria and thats something that weve been monitoring.Were excited about what shes going to do … weve got a huge 18 months coming up for her as a young fast bowler and we know the impact that she can have when she plays," Mott was quoted as saying by news.com.au after an intra-squad practice match.Taylas absence means that she wont take part in the pink-ball Test against India from September 30-October 3.This leaves Australia with a highly inexperienced pace attack as Darcie Brown, Stella Campbell and Maitlan Brown are in the frame of making their Test debut.Amidst all this, Mott was firm in his backing of senior all-rounder Ellyse Perry leading the pace attack.

After making a long recovery from a hamstring injury sustained during the T20 World Cup, Ellyse bowled only seven overs for just one wicket during the white-ball series against New Zealand in March and April."Shes obviously had a very long recovery now and its something shes planned a lot for.Shes really happy with where shes at.We cant remember her being as strong as she has been, certainly in the hits that weve had up here.Shes going to play a really pivotal role in leading our attack," said Mott.

Australias multi-format series against India starts with the first ODI on September 21 at the Great Barrier Reef Arena.