When Was Alyssa Healy Born? OTD 1990 Birth of the Australian Star

On March 24, 1990 the recently-retired Australia captain Alyssa Healy was born in Gold Coast, Queensland. Following in the footsteps of her uncle Ian, the right-handed batter became an extremely successful wicketkeeper for her national team.

Healy made her international debut against New Zealand back in 2010 where she scored an 11-ball 21 to help her side secure an emphatic 115-run victory in an ODI. Days later she would go on to her debut appearance in T20 against the same opponent.

Healy went on to make a total of 299 appearances for Australia across formats, including 126 ODIs where she scored 3,777 runs at an average of 37.02. She hit eight centuries in the format but always saved her best for the big occasion. The wicketkeeper-batter scored her career best score of 170 at the 2022 World Cup final against England at Christchurch to help Australia win their seventh world title by 71 runs. Not only did she receive the Player of the Match award but her tally of 509 runs also saw her take home the Player of the Tournament trophy.

Healy played 162 T20Is for Australia and scored 3,054 runs, forming part of six T20 World Cup-winning squads. In yet another unforgettable World Cup final knock, she broke Indian hearts in 2020 when she scored 75 from 39 balls to help the Aussies win the T20 title with an 85-run win. She was also part of the Australian contingent which won the Gold Medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. 

In 2023, Healy took over as Australia captain after Meg Lanning stepped down from the role. One of her greatest achievements as skipper was leading her national team in Tests and ODIs during the 2024-25 Women’s Ashes series on home soil where Australia won the multi-format series 16-0, winning all seven games against their arch-rivals. 

The right-hander, however, hung up her boots in 2026 after beating India in a multi-format series. In her final ODI for Australia, she showed what world cricket is going to miss, scoring her second-highest ODI score of 158 off just 98 balls, an innings comprising 27 fours and two sixes. 

Healy is without doubt an Australian legend. In a career which saw her win eight world titles and achieve multiple individual honours, it is hard to find any regrets or shortcomings. However, deep down Healy might rue that she never got to score a Test hundred. She played the longest format of the game 11 times but her highest score remained 99 which she managed against South Africa at the WACA in 2024. 

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