Australia legend Alyssa Healy will bring down the curtains on her 16-year-long career after the home series against India as she has announced her retirement from the game. The wicketkeeper-batsman Alyssa Healy will lead the home team in three ODIs, 3 T20Is and the one-off Test before signing off in her home country.
Alyssa Healy had hinted at retirement following Australia’s defeat against India in the semi-final of the 2025 ODI World Cup. Two months after the ICC event, Healy officially announcedher retirement from the sport. Speaking to the media, Alyssa Healy said that she is “passionate” about playing for Australia but has lost that “competitive edge”.
Alyssa Healy’s stellar international career
Alyssa Healy made her Australia debut aged 19 in an ODI against New Zealand on February 10th in Adelaide. She made her T20I debut 11 days later. Healy made her Test debut against England in January 2011.
Alyssa Healy has scored 489 runs in 10 Tests. She has 3563 runs in 123 ODIs and 3054 runs in 162 T20Is. She was named Australia’s full-time captain in December 2023, replacing Meg Lanning.
Niece of former Australia wicket-keeper Ian Healy, Alyssa Healy made her international debut in 2010 as a 19-year-old in a series against New Zealand. She is set to finish with 162 T20I, 126 ODI and 11 Test caps for Australia. Healy will also end her career with a record 126 dismissals in T20Is.
Alyssa Healy took over as Australia’s full-time captain in 2023 following Meg Lanning’s retirement. Her most notable accomplishment as captain was leading a 16-0 multi-format Ashes whitewash of England. Australia also reached the semi-finals in both the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup and the 2025 Women’s World Cup under Healy.
Some of the stellar performances with Alyssa Healy includes
170 vs England, Christchurch, 2022
In the 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup final, Alyssa Healy delivered a career-defining performance with a scintillating 170 against England. Having already scored a century in the semi-final against the West Indies, she became only the third player to register hundreds in both knockout matches of an ODI World Cup.
Her fifty came off 62 balls, her hundred off exactly 100, before accelerating dramatically in the latter stages. She added 70 runs from her next 38 deliveries as Australia surged beyond reach. The innings, laced with 26 boundaries at a strike rate of 123.18 remains the highest score in a World Cup final across men’s and women’s cricket.
99 vs South Africa, WACA
Healy came agonisingly close to becoming the first Australian woman to score centuries in all three international formats, falling just one run short against South Africa at the WACA in the one-off Test match. Walking in with Australia reeling at 12 for three, she steadied the innings with a composed 99 from 123 balls.
Just as she looked set to reach the landmark, a soft off-break from Delmi Tucker tempted her into a drive, resulting in a leading edge back to the bowler. It proved an unfortunate dismissal, with her highest Test score mirroring the 99 made by her husband Mitchell Starc in India in 2013. Beth Mooney would later complete the format treble in 2025.
142 vs India, Visakhapatnam, 2025
Chasing uncharted territory, Healy produced one of the greatest World Cup innings as Australia pursued 331 against India – the then highest successful chase in women’s ODI history. After a full stint behind the stumps and leading on field, she strode out unfazed and struck a commanding 142 from 107 deliveries, including 21 fours and three sixes. Her innings blended control with power as Australia sealed victory with three wickets in hand and an over remaining.
It marked her first ODI century since the 2022 World Cup final. Alyssa Healy later admitted the knock came unexpectedly following a challenging run with form and injury.
148 vs Sri Lanka, Sydney, 2019*
Alyssa Healy rewrote the T20I record books with a blistering unbeaten 148 against Sri Lanka at North Sydney Oval. Scored from just 61 balls, it was the highest individual total in women’s T20Is at the time and remains the highest by a player from a Full Member nation. Her century arrived in just 46 deliveries, the second-fastest in the format. After surviving early chances, she dominated the bowling attack with 19 fours and seven sixes. The innings firmly established her reputation as one of the most destructive batters in the women’s game.
129 vs West Indies, Wellington, 2022
Days before her heroics in the final, Healy set the tone in the semi-final with a commanding 129 against West Indies. Opening alongside Rachael Haynes, she powered Australia to a 216-run stand that effectively ended the contest.
Her innings was measured early before accelerating sharply, with the second fifty coming at more than twice the pace of the first. Finishing with 17 fours and a six, she was the dominant force in the opening partnership. The knock ensured Australia’s passage into a seventh Women’s World Cup final, going on to lift it a few days later.
Alyssa Healy-led Australia suffered a defeat against South Africa in the semi-final of the 2024 T20 World Cup. They lost to India in the semi-final of the 2025 ODI World Cup. Healy is married to Australian pacer Mitchell Starc. She went unsold in the Women’s Premier League 2026 auction.
Australian cricket great Alyssa Healy announced her retirement from all formats following the upcoming multi-format home series against India. The 35-year-old ends a 15-year career marked by leadership success, multiple World Cup titles, and record-breaking performances.
Australia cricket legend Alyssa Healy announced her international retirement from all formats after India series 2026
Australia captain Alyssa Healy has announced she will retire from all forms of cricket following the upcoming multi-format home series against India in February-March. She confirmed that she will not feature in the T20Is, citing the team’s preparation for this year’s T20 World Cup, but will captain Australia in the ODIs and one-off day-night Test at Perth.
Women’s cricket has come on in leaps and bounds during Alyssa Healy’s career, but despite having missed only two Tests for Australia since her debut in January 2011, her final match will be only her 11th in the longest format of the game.
Alyssa Healy had a brief stint as a commentator and analyst during the recent men’s Ashes series. Her analysis and insight into the game became an instant hit with fans, who praised her expertise and articulate manner of speaking on the game. Some fans went on to rate her as the best commentator of the series, ahead of men’s cricket greats and highly experienced commentators. And commentary could be Alyssa Healy’s next step in contirbution to cricket post the India series.
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