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Harry Brook and Ashleigh Gardner have been rewarded with the ICC Player of the Month awards for December 2022. While Brook beat Babar Azam and Travis Head to win the monthly award, Gardner, Australia’s No. 1 all-rounder for women, defeated Charlie Dean and Suzie Bates for the coveted title.

Australia have made a surprise call in their squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa, including Georgia Wareham, who last played for the country in October 2021. The defending champions have also picked Alyssa Healy and Jess Jonassen, who were injured in India in their last series.

India women's young batter Shafali Varma has praised the Australian women’s side stating that they are a strong side and feels like competing against men. Verma further added that India should be on top of their game in the fourth T20I as they take advantage of the opposition’s mistakes.

Players often fail to control their anger when they see nothing is going in their team’s favour. Such an incident occurred when Harmanpreet Kaur failed to control her emotions after the umpire gave five wides during Australia’s innings despite Tahlia McGrath being so much across the crease.