Cricket Australia has named Rachael Haynes as Australia's new captain ahead of this summer's Women's Ashes series.
Haynes will replace Meg Lanning as skipper. Lanning was ruled out of the series in August after undergoing surgery on her injured shoulder.
Alex Blackwell remains as vice-captain of the Australia side.
Haynes, 30, is a left-handed batter and a left-arm medium pacer who has played three Tests, 36 ODIs and 27 T20 internationals for Australia. She made her debut for Australia against England.
"To be named captain of your country particularly in such a big series like the Ashes is a huge honour," Haynes said.
"It’s going to be a really exciting series, I think the multi-format points system in particular doesn't favour either team, so to win the Ashes you genuinely have to be the best team across all three formats."
The first game in the Women's Ashes series will be an ODI held at Allan Border Field in Brisbane on October 22, as Australia looks to retain the Ashes on home soil after taking the series in England in 2015.
The full series will include three ODIs, a single day-night Test at North Sydney Oval, and three T20 internationals.
"To be the first team male or female to play in a day-night Ashes Test match is going to be awesome," Haynes said.
"To have that opportunity is really exciting, you can only ever be part of history once."
