[caption id="attachment_656338" align="aligncenter" width="628"]<img class="size-full wp-image-656338" alt="The Women's Ashes warm-ups is all set to get underway from November 3 Getty Images (File Photo)" src="https://www.cricketcountry.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Australia-Women.jpg" width="628" height="355" /> The Women's Ashes warm-ups is all set to get underway from November 3 Getty Images (File Photo)[/caption] <p></p> <p></p>National Selection Panel of <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/Cricket-Australia" target="_blank">Cricket Australia</a> (CA) on Tuesday announced the 15-member <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/Australia-women" target="_blank">Australia</a> squad for the <a href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/tag/womens-ashes" target="_blank">Women's Ashes</a> 2017-18 slated to get underway from November 2017. Apart from the main squad, CA also announced a Cricket Australia XI and an ACT Invitational XI to play the warm-up ties against England Women and Australia Women respectively, in build-up to the main tournament. Both warm-up ties will be played on Friday, November 3, while Test squad members such as Jess Jonassen, Tahlia McGrath and Belinda Vakarewa and South Africans Marizanne Kapp and Dane Van Niekerk would feature in the ACT Invitational XI. It was also reported that the main Test squad would be curtailed to 13-member squad following the conclusion of the warm-up ties. <strong><a title="Australia Women dethrone England Women to ace ODI rankings" href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/australia-women-dethrone-england-women-to-ace-team-rankings-656077">Australia Women dethrone England Women to ace ODI rankings</a></strong> <p></p> <p></p><strong>Shawn Flegler, CA National Selector on <strong>Cricket Australia XI</strong> squad <p></p> <p></p></strong> The CA XI tour match is going to give some of the nation's emerging players the chance to test themselves against a world champion side in England. The depth within Australian cricket is at an all-time high and opportunities like this will ensure players continue to develop and have the continued opportunity to spend quality time out in the middle. Australia s tour match is also going to be a tough fixture, with the ACT naming a quality side in what will a golden chance for a number of players to put their hand up for selection in the Test team, said Flegler, as reported by <em>Cricket Australia (CA)</em> in a press release. <strong><a title="Women s Ashes: England beat Australia by 20 runs; hosts claim ODI series 2-1" href="https://www.cricketcountry.com/news/womens-ashes-england-beat-australia-by-20-runs-hosts-claim-odi-series-2-1-655685">Women s Ashes: England beat Australia by 20 runs; hosts claim ODI series 2-1</a></strong> <p></p> <p></p><strong>Cricket Australia XI</strong> <p></p> <p></p>Sarah Aley NSW <p></p>Nicola Carey NSW <p></p>Piepa Cleary WA <p></p>Heather Graham WA <p></p>Delissa Kimmince QLD <p></p>Alana King VIC <p></p>Sophie Molineux VIC <p></p>Georgia Redmayne TAS <p></p>Lauren Smith NSW <p></p>Naomi Stalenberg NSW <p></p>Molly Strano (C) VIC <p></p>Tayla Vlaeminck VIC <p></p> <p></p><strong>ACT Invitational XI</strong> <p></p> <p></p>Samantha Bates <p></p>Nicole Goodwin <p></p>Hayley Jensen <p></p>Jess Jonassen* <p></p>Marizanne Kapp <p></p>Erica Kershaw <p></p>Claire Koski <p></p>Katie Mack <p></p>Tahlia McGrath* <p></p>Erin Osborne (C) <p></p>Angela Reakes <p></p>Belinda Vakarewa* <p></p>Dane Van Niekerk <p></p> <p></p><strong>Commonwealth Bank Women s Ashes Test Squad</strong> <p></p> <p></p>Kristen Beams VIC <p></p>Alex Blackwell NSW <p></p>Nicole Bolton WA <p></p>Lauren Cheatle NSW <p></p>Ashleigh Gardner SA <p></p>Rachael Haynes NSW <p></p>Alyssa Healy NSW <p></p>Jess Jonassen QLD* <p></p>Tahlia McGrath SA* <p></p>Beth Mooney QLD <p></p>Ellyse Perry NSW <p></p>Megan Schutt SA <p></p>Belinda Vakarewa NSW* <p></p>Elyse Villani WA <p></p>Amanda-Jade Wellington SA
