The Australian women's cricket team is facing scorching temperatures in the UAE as they prepare to defend their T20 World Cup title. The team has implemented heat protocols, including sauna sessions and afternoon training, to acclimatize to the conditions.
Australia battling heat in UAE | 01:03Heat protocols developed by the Australia n Olympic Committee have played a key role in Australia ’s preparation for snaring a historic fourth-straight T20 World Cup , with temperatures to hit 40C during their opening match against Sri Lanka in Sharjah.
That has put a premium on using two warm-up games – wins over England and the West Indies – to get used to playing in conditions few in the Australian squad have experienced, with the national team never having played a series in the UAE. “It’s been nice to be able to get out and play some games and obviously the warm-up games and experience the conditions here and get it a bit more acclimatised,” coach Shelley Nitschke said on the eve of game one, with injury clouds still hanging over both Phoebe Litchfield and slugger Grace Harris.
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