Alyssa Healy
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Relations | Ian Healy (uncle) Mitchell Starc (husband) Brandon Starc (brother-in-law) Greg Healy (father) Tom Healy (cousin) Ken Healy (uncle) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 162) | 22 January 2011 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 21 December 2023 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 116) | 10 February 2010 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 30 December 2023 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 29) | 21 February 2010 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 5 October 2023 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007/08–present | New South Wales (squad no. 77) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012 | Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2015/16–present | Sydney Sixers (squad no. 77) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | Trailblazers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Yorkshire Diamonds | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022–present | Northern Superchargers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | UP Warriorz | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 17 February 2024 |
Alyssa Jean Healy (born 24 March 1990) is an Australian cricketer who plays and captains the Australian women's national team. She also plays for New South Wales in domestic cricket, as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL and captains the UP Warriorz in Women's Premier League in India. She made her international debut in February 2010.[1][2]
A right-handed
Following the injury to Australian captain and wicket-keeper
In December 2018, the
Early years
Born on the
Her selection at the age of 16 in late 2006 as wicket-keeper for Barker College First XI, the first time a girl had been picked to play among boys in the elite private schools' cricket competition in New South Wales, drew press commentary from various sources. This came about after an anonymous person, believed to be a former male student, circulated an email entitled "Save Barker Cricket Now" in the school community attacking the selection as a "disgrace" and calling for gender segregation of the cricket team.[9] The sportsmaster of Barker College condemned the anonymous writer as "gutless" and maintained that Healy's selection was based on merit.[9] Ian Healy and Alex Blackwell, a cricketer for the Australian women's team and former Barker student, also defended the selection and criticised the email author. The emailer was also criticised, and Alyssa Healy commended, by social commentators in newspapers.[9][10][11][12] In 2010, she reflected "I'd do it all again...I really enjoyed playing school cricket with the boys and it definitely helped lift my skills and tighten my technique."[13] Both she and Australian teammate Ellyse Perry have publicly advocated girls playing against boys.[13]
In January 2007, Healy was selected in the New South Wales team to play in the Under-19 interstate competition. Opening the batting in all three matches and keeping in only the second of these, she scored 47, 73 and 41 in her first three matches, and took one
Senior domestic debut
At the start of the 2007–08 season, she made her senior debut for the
New South Wales reached the final and were awarded the title because they placed first in the qualifying matches after rain washed out the deciding game.
At the end of the season, she was selected for the Under-23 Australian team to play a series against the senior
Healy again played as a batter, with Coleman ensconced behind the stumps. In the first four matches of the new domestic season, she batted only once, scoring nine. In these matches she was placed in the lower-order and did not bowl. She was dropped after these four matches.[14]
She then played six matches for the Second XI in the space of a week, mostly as a top-order batter, sometimes opening and as a wicket-keeper. New South Wales won all the fixtures except for one that was abandoned due to inclement weather.
Healy also played in two Twenty20 matches for her state during the season, scoring 35 from 27 balls against South Australia and 16 from 21 balls against Victoria.[23][24] She was New South Wales' second top-scorer in both matches; the first was won but the second lost.[14]
Full-time wicket-keeper
After the Women's World Cup held in early 2009, Coleman transferred to play for the Australian Capital Territory, so Healy became New South Wales' wicket-keeper on a full-time basis for the start of the 2009–10 season. After making scores of 11, 12 and 29 in her first three innings of the one-day season,[14] she struck an unbeaten 89 against Victoria. Coming in upon the fall of Leah Poulton with the score at 1/9 after three overs, she hit 13 fours in 82 balls, putting on partnerships of 72 with Blackwell and 82 with Sthalekar. New South Wales reached their target of 187 with more than 13 overs to spare and Healy was named the Player of the Match, having earlier taken a catch and made a stumping.[25] Her season was interrupted by her selection in the Australian Under-21 team to play against the New Zealand Emerging Players. In five matches, she scored 50 runs at 10.00, took five catches and made one stumping as Australia won the series 4–1.[14]
In the final of the one-day competition, she scored 23 from 37 balls batting at No. 3 and took two catches as New South Wales defeated Victoria by 59 runs.[26] Healy ended her first full season as a wicket-keeper with 208 runs at 29.71, the second-highest average in her team behind Blackwell. In 11 matches, she also took 11 catches and completed 9 stumpings, effecting more dismissals than any other player.[27]
She made 52 runs at 13.00 in seven T20 matches.
She holds the record for conceding the most number of byes as wicketkeeper in an innings of a WT20I (9), the joint most by any female wicketkeeper along with Tammy Beaumont.[29]
International debut
Healy was selected in the Australian squad for the Rose Bowl series against New Zealand in February 2010 due to an injury to the incumbent wicketkeeper and captain Jodie Fields. The selection committee released a statement saying "Alyssa has been identified for higher honours for a number of years and now gets the chance to display her wicket-keeping skills and attacking batting on the international stage".[30] Healy made her ODI debut at the Adelaide Oval and played in all five ODIs in the Australian leg of the series. In her first match, she scored 21 from 11 balls in the death overs, hitting four fours as Australia made 241 before bowling out the visitors for 126 to seal a 115-run win. She took one catch, removing Amy Satterthwaite from the bowling of Rene Farrell.[31] Healy made consecutive ducks in the next two matches, and made four in the final match at Junction Oval. She had only brief opportunities with the bat in the closing stages of the innings. She ended the series with 25 runs at 6.25 and a strike rate of 100.00, five catches and a stumping.[14][32]
She then played in the three T20s held at
Healy had little impact with the bat in the three T20s in Australia and two more at the start of the New Zealand leg of the series, scoring 17 runs at 5.66 and a strike rate of 77.27.
2010 World Twenty20
Healy was selected for the
Australia were grouped with
A Super Over eventuated, and
In the next match against South Africa, Healy was promoted two positions to No. 7. Coming in upon the fall of Cameron, her partner
Australia went on to face
During the middle of the run-chase, Priest was incorrectly given out stumped by Healy after the television umpire Asad Rauf had pressed the wrong button, and he had to retract his decision. Soon after New Zealand were at 5/36 after 11 overs, leaving them with 71 runs to score from the last 54 balls, and Australia were in the ascendancy.[44] However, New Zealand's chances were revived by Nicola Browne and Sophie Devine, who put on 41 from as many balls. In the 18th over, Healy caught Browne from Perry's bowling, and Australia went on to win by three runs after New Zealand ended on 6/103.[44]
2015–present
In June 2015, she was named as one of Australia's touring party for the 2015 Women's Ashes in England.[45]
Healy was named as the wicketkeeper across all forms of the
In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season by Cricket Australia.[48]
In June 2018, Healy was named as the captain of the New South Wales Breakers for the 2018–19 season after the retirement of the previous captain, Alex Blackwell. She was named ahead of Australian Women's Vice-Captain Rachael Haynes and Sydney Sixers Captain Ellyse Perry.[49]
In October 2018, she was named in Australia's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[50][51] Ahead of the tournament, she was named as one of the players to watch.[52] She was the leading run-scorer in the competition, with 225 runs, and was named the player of the tournament.[53]
In November 2018, she was named in the
She was awarded the Belinda Clarke Medal at the
In November 2020, Healy was nominated for the ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Decade award.
In January 2022, Healy was named in Australia's squad for their
In December 2023, after the retirement of Meg Lanning from international cricket, Healy was appointed as captain of the Australia women's national cricket team in test, one day international and Twenty20 International cricket.[71]
Records
Between 21 February and 2 August 2019, Healy held the
International centuries
One Day International centuries
Alyssa Healy's One Day International centuries[75] | ||||||
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# | Runs | Match | Opponents | City/Country | Venue | Year |
1 | 133 | 58 | India | Vadodara, India | Reliance Stadium
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2018[76] |
2 | 122 | 68 | West Indies | Saint George, Antigua and Barbuda
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Coolidge Cricket Ground | 2019[77] |
3 | 112* | 73 | Sri Lanka | Brisbane, Australia | Allan Border Field | 2019[78] |
4 | 129 | 93 | West Indies | Wellington, New Zealand | Basin Reserve | 2022[79] |
5 | 170 | 94 | England | Christchurch, New Zealand | Hagley Oval | 2022[80]
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T20 International centuries
Alyssa Healy's T20 International centuries[81] | ||||||
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# | Runs | Match | Opponents | City/Country | Venue | Year |
1 | 148* | 101 | Sri Lanka | Sydney, Australia | North Sydney Oval | 2019[82] |
Honours
Team
International
- 2020, 2023
- ICC Women's Cricket World Cup: 2013,[a] 2022
Domestic/franchise
- Women's Big Bash League: WBBL|02, WBBL|03
- Women's National Cricket League: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
Individual
- ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year: 2018, 2019
- Belinda Clark Award: 2019
- Cricket Australia Women's ODI Player of the Year: 2019
- ICC Women's Player of the Month: April 2021
- WBBL Team of the Tournament: WBBL|04
Personal life
Healy's nickname is "Midge". She has said that "Dad gave it to me when I was little, it just stuck!"[83]
In 2015, Healy became engaged to fast bowler
Healy has a golf handicap of seven (as of 1 Oct 2019)[89] and competes against Starc (handicap of ten)[89] for the annual Stealy Cup.[90]
Notes
- ^ Healy was named in the Australian squad for the tournament, but did not play a match.
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Further reading
- Farrell, Melinda (15 May 2020). "How Alyssa Healy went from slugger to beast". The Cricket Monthly. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- Gollapudi, Nagraj; Sudarshanan, S (2 February 2023). "Alyssa Healy is a sore loser and she won't apologise for it". The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- Nicholson, Raf (28 January 2019). "Hands, gob, heals". The Cricket Monthly. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- Shah, Mohit (11 May 2022). "Alyssa Healy, pacesetter on and off the field". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 14 October 2022.
External links
- Alyssa Healy at ESPNcricinfo
- Alyssa Healy at CricketArchive (subscription required) (archive)
- Alyssa Healy at Cricket.com.au
- Alyssa Healy at Commonwealth Games Australia
- Alyssa Healy at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
- Alyssa Healy on Instagram