{"id":526580,"date":"2026-03-08T10:41:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T10:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/526580\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T10:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T10:41:14","slug":"alyssa-healy-retires-in-style-after-big-win-at-waca-result","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/526580\/","title":{"rendered":"Alyssa Healy retires in style after big win at WACA, result"},"content":{"rendered":"

Selfless Alyssa Healy had no intention of opening the batting for Australia on her final day of international cricket, saying her \u201ctime in the sun\u201d was over after leading her team to a 10-wicket Test match thrashing of India in Perth.<\/p>\n

Needing just 25 runs to win the day-night Test at the WACA after bowling out India for 149 in the tourists\u2019 second innings early on day three, the Australians took less than five overs to reach their target.<\/p>\n

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Georgia Voll (16 not out) and Phoebe Litchfield (11 not out) took care of the small total, with Voll finding the boundary in chalking up the winning runs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re watching the future of Australian cricket walk out there and mark centre and open, and I didn\u2019t want to get in the way of that,\u201d departing captain Healy said in explaining her decision not to elevate herself to the top of the order. <\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve had my time in the sun, so it\u2019s time for the next generation to showcase what they can do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Healy, who turns 36 later this month, was chaired off the ground by teammates after Australia\u2019s win, which secured the multi-format series 12 points to four over India.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt hit me just before that I don\u2019t get to come into that change room again being around the girls \u2026 but I\u2019m genuinely really excited to watch the group of amazing people moving forward led by (new captain) Sophie Molineux,\u201d she said after her 299th and final international appearance.<\/p>\n

Alyssa Healy\u2019s cricket career has ended in style in Perth.Source: Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they\u2019re going to achieve some great things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Healy thanked everyone for their \u201clove and support\u201d over her 16-year international career.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile you\u2019re in the thick of representing your country competing at the highest level, you\u2019re in this little bubble and you just want to win games and compete, and you probably don\u2019t really realise what\u2019s going on outside, so to feel that for the first time and enjoy that over the last week, it\u2019s been amazing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Australian star Ellyse Perry paid tribute to her long-time teammate.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s irreplaceable, in her character, her mentality towards the game and also the way she plays the game,\u201d Perry told Fox Sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo-one has played more incredible innings than she has on the biggest stage.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe plays shots that no-one else can. She gets in moods where it wouldn\u2019t matter where you bowl the ball, she\u2019s going to hit it where she wants to.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s one of the most stubborn proud people I\u2019ve ever met and she brings that on to the cricket field and represents Australia with so much pride, so we\u2019re going to really miss her.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s irreplaceable but it\u2019s been a special career.\u201d<\/p>\n

All-rounder Annabel Sutherland was named player of the series for her effort of 227 runs and 13 wickets.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to be here on day three with a win, and most importantly sending \u2018Midgey\u2019 (Healy) off on a good note,\u201d Sutherland said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Selfless Alyssa Healy had no intention of opening the batting for Australia on her final day of international…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526581,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[101175,31021,47933,31023,1724,64,63,689,225594,740,117297,261937,1950,47934,261939,1209,677,261940,46,261938,12540,261936,85,3439],"class_list":["post-526580","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-alana-king","tag-alyssa-healy","tag-annabel-sutherland","tag-ashleigh-gardner","tag-asia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-australian-woman","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-career","tag-cricket-field","tag-cricket-news","tag-ellyse-perry","tag-hosts-bat","tag-india","tag-oceania","tag-out-australian-star","tag-perth","tag-rout-rival","tag-southern-asia","tag-special-scenes","tag-sports","tag-western-australia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526580","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526580\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526581"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}