All you need to know about Alyssa Healy, the unstoppable Aussie run machine | Cricket News – Times of India

When Alyssa Healy smashed 170 off 138 balls against England in the final of the Women’s World Cup at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Sunday, she also rewrote cricketing history.
During her epic knock against England, Healy became the player with the most runs in a single edition of a Women’s World Cup (509). She not only went past New Zealand great Debbie Hockley’s 25-year-old record, but also became the first woman cricketer to score 500 or more runs in a single edition of the tournament.

Healy also set the record of the highest-ever individual score in a World Cup final across men’s and women’s cricket. Adam Gilchrist (149, 2007), Natalie Sciver (148* in the same match), Ricky Ponting (140, 2003) and Vivian Richards (138, 1979) are behind Healy on the elite list.

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Along with the player of the match awards in the semi-final and final, Healy also walked away with the Player of the Tournament award in this edition of the ICC Women’s World Cup, which saw the Aussies win a record-extending 7th title, with a dominant 71 run win vs defending champions England.

Here’s all you need to know about the first woman to score centuries in the semi-final and final of a World Cup edition:
Name: Alyssa Healy
Country: Australia
Age: 32
Playing Role: Wicketkeeper-batter
– Alyssa Healy’s father was a member of the Queensland squad

– Alyssa is the niece of former Australian wicket-keeper batter Ian Healy, who is her father’s younger brother
– She was the first female selected to play with boys in an elite private schools cricket competition in New South Wales aged 16
– Alyssa made her senior domestic debut with the NSW Breakers aged 17 in the 2007/08 season and was appointed team captain in 2018
– Alyssa made her international debut at the age of 19 against New Zealand in Adelaide in February 2010

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– The 32-year-old plays for the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL and captained the Sixers in the finals of the 2016/17 WBBL, leading the team to the title
– Alyssa was part of the Australian side which won the ICC Women’s World T20 Championships in 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020
– Alyssa was also part of the Australian side that won the ICC Women’s World Cup in 2013 and the victorious Ashes winning teams in 2010-11 and 2015
– Alyssa is the first Australian female wicket-keeper to score an ODI century for Australia, achieving the feat against India in March, 2018, belting 133 off only 118 balls
– She smashed 75 runs off just 39 balls against India in the final of the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup in Melbourne to set up Australia’s victory
– In 2015, Alyssa got engaged to Australian male fast bowler Mitchell Starc and married him in April 2016
– Alyssa is also a golfer and has a single digit handicap

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