Healy undergoes hand surgery after accident at home

Alyssa Healy is a late scratching from the Sydney Smash and her WBBL season is under a cloud after the Australia and Sixers superstar injured her hand in a "freak accident" on Saturday evening.

Healy underwent surgery on Sunday following what the club described as a "domestic accident at home".

A statement from the Sixers said no further details of the accident or the extent of Healy’s injury were available at this point, with more information to come in due course.

Speaking at the bat flip ahead of the Smash, Sixers captain Ellyse Perry said it was a "pretty nasty accident" with the club expecting to know more in the next 48 hours. 

"I had a few chats with Midge last night; a couple of the girls have been in touch with her," Perry told reporters following the game.

"She’s had a big day and she’s recovering. 

"It was a very freak accident, I guess. I’m not across what it was. It was something at home.

"We’re just sending lost of thoughts and best wishes to her, because she’s going to have a recovery period. It would have been a really awful situation."

The club have not replaced Healy on their roster at this point and will be hopeful the opener and wicketkeeper will quickly be available for a return.

Their next match is against Brisbane Heat at North Sydney Oval on Tuesday evening.

With Healy unavailable against the Thunder, teenager Kate Pelle took the wicketkeeping gloves in what was just her second WBBL appearance after she debuted against Melbourne Stars on Thursday night.

If Healy is unavailable for a large chunk of the season the Sixers' options for replacing the star Australian are limited, with the best local keeper-bat talents already attached to other clubs.

Signing an overseas replacement player is one option, but if the Sixers did that, the player could not directly replace Healy in the squad, instead the club would need to sacrifice one of their current three overseas players - Suzie Bates, Jess Kerr or Chloe Tryon.

Healy’s injury was one of two late blows for the Sixers, with middle-order batter Mathilda Carmichael also ruled out of Sunday’s match after suffering a back strain during the club’s training session on Saturday.

With bowler Gabby Sutcliffe also unavailable due to injury, the Big Bash has approved 18-year-old Frankie Nicklin to join the Sixers as their 13th player – to be used as an emergency sub-fielder only - for the clash against the Thunder.

Weber WBBL|09 standings

Team	Matches played M	Wins W	Losses L	Ties T	No results N/R	Net Run Rate NRR	Deductions Ded.	Total points PTS
1 Adelaide Strikers Women STR	14	11	3	0	0	1.154	0	22
2 Perth Scorchers Women SCO	14	8	6	0	0	0.784	0	16
3 Brisbane Heat Women HEA	14	8	6	0	0	0.203	0	16
4 Sydney Thunder Women THU	14	7	6	0	1	0.298	0	15
5 Sydney Sixers Women SIX	14	7	7	0	0	-0.253	0	14
6 Hobart Hurricanes Women HUR	14	6	7	0	1	-0.597	0	13
7 Melbourne Stars Women STA	14	6	8	0	0	-0.779	0	12
8 Melbourne Renegades Women REN	14	2	12	0	0	-0.978	0	4

Legend

M: Matches played

W: Wins

L: Losses

T: Ties

N/R: No results

NRR: Net Run Rate

Ded.: Deductions

PTS: Total points