Georgia Plimmer banned from Australia series, domestic season until 2025

New Zealand Women’s opener Georgia Plimmer was ruled out for the rest of the year on Sunday (November 24) after suffering a bone stress reaction in her groin.

“Plimmer experienced pain in her left hip joint during the recent ODI series in India last month and a subsequent MRI followed by an assessment by a specialist on her return to New Zealand confirmed the injury,” New Zealand Cricket said in a statement .

The injury – which requires around six weeks of rest and rehabilitation – effectively rules the recent T20 World Cup winner out of the home ODI series against Australia and the subsequent domestic white-ball season. Plimmer, 20, will then see a progressive return to high-speed racing in January.

“We’re really upset about this happening to Georgia when she’s at the top of her game,” head coach Ben Sawyer said. “She is certainly a loss for us going into an important series against Australia.

“After her recent success at the World Cup and in India, it is disappointing that she will not be able to continue that form for the Wellington Blaze and against Australia next month. Georgia is determined to train well and come back so as soon as she can and we wish her a speedy recovery.”

Plimmer made 105 runs across the three ODIs in India that immediately followed New Zealand’s first T20 World cup win in the UAE, where the opener was her team’s joint leading run-scorer – along with opening partner Suzie Bates – with 150 runs in six innings at a strike rate of 119.04.