{"id":198659,"date":"2025-10-14T05:03:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T05:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/198659\/"},"modified":"2025-10-14T05:03:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T05:03:08","slug":"alyssa-healy-spills-her-beer-secret-after-battling-full-body-cramps-during-record-breaking-142-vs-india-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/198659\/","title":{"rendered":"Alyssa Healy spills her ‘beer secret’ after battling full-body cramps during record-breaking 142 vs India | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AlyssaAustralia’s captain Alyssa Healy watches the replay of her dismissal as she walks off the field after losing her wicket during the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup match between India and Australia at ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam, India, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025. (AP Photo\/Aijaz Rahi) Alyssa Healy<\/a>\u2019s blistering 142 powered Australia to the highest successful chase in women\u2019s ODI history, as they hunted down 331 runs to defeat India by three wickets.The Australian captain, speaking on the Willow Talk podcast, shared how her \u201cgrumpiness\u201d drove her to the superb knock, how she battled through full-body cramps, and how a couple of beers helped her regain full fitness.\u201cI think to chase down the highest one-day total in the women\u2019s game \u2014 in a World Cup, in a big moment \u2014 was a nice place to be. It was a big game for both sides, so to know we could pull ourselves over the line was pretty cool,\u201d Healy said.Talking about the conditions in Visakhapatnam, she added: \u201cIt\u2019s a little hot and humid over here, as it traditionally is in India. Not a lot of breeze off the ocean, sadly, so it was tough work. At one point, I had a full-body cramp once I finally got out.\u201cI was in the change room and didn\u2019t know what to do \u2014 whether to lie down or just sit there. But thankfully, I feel okay now. Funnily enough, the forearm cramp came again \u2014 thankfully only in my bottom hand, so I could still manage with the top hand. Maybe it even helped my cricket!\u201d\u201cAfter I got back to the change room, the air conditioner was on, and once I stopped moving, my body decided to completely shut down. But that was fine \u2014 we got the important part done, which is what matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

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What do you think motivated Alyssa Healy’s exceptional performance during the match?<\/p>\n

Healy humorously described the scene that followed: \u201cIt wasn\u2019t just me there. Megan Schutt was around, and our manager was sitting nearby, working on her laptop. Suddenly, I was like, uh-oh \u2014 everything started to seize up. She asked if I was okay or if I needed help, and I said, \u2018No, I\u2019m fine.\u2019 But then the cramp took over my whole body, and I curled up in a ball.\u201cNext minute, the physio came running in. I had no idea how she knew! Turns out, the manager had texted her for help. But it was all fine in the end.\u201dPodcast host Adam Peacock took a sly dig at Healy\u2019s unique recovery method, referencing Mel Jones\u2019 post-match question about ice baths and pickle juice.\u201cThere may have been a couple of beers on ice when we got back,\u201d Healy laughed. \u201cSo I thought that was the perfect recovery tool.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia’s captain Alyssa Healy watches the replay of her dismissal as she walks off the field after losing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":198660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[86447,86446,428,86449,86450,1721,86451,101,56,54,55,86448,6526],"class_list":{"0":"post-198659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-142-vs-india","9":"tag-alyssa-healy","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-beer-recovery","12":"tag-cramps","13":"tag-cricket","14":"tag-mel-jones","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-unitedkingdom","19":"tag-womens-odi-history","20":"tag-world-cup"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/198660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}