Women's World Cup: Australia's Ashleigh Gardner to miss England match
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Gardner won the Belinda Clark Award, given to Australia's best female player of the preceding 12 months, in January
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Australia all-rounder Ashleigh Gardner will miss their opening Women's World Cup game against England on Saturday after testing positive for Covid-19.
Gardner is also ruled out of their second match, against Pakistan on 8 March, as she must isolate for 10 days.
The 24-year-old averages 24.82 with the bat and has taken 43 wickets in 42 one-day international appearances.
The World Cup begins on Friday, with hosts New Zealand taking on West Indies at Mount Maunganui.
World Cup favourites Australia top the one-day international rankings and beat England in all three ODIs in the recent Women's Ashes series.
However England beat South Africa in their final warm-up game on Wednesday as they prepare to defend the title they won in 2017.
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