Alyssa Healy

Alyssa Healy's record-breaking century set up a 71-run victory for Australia over England in the final of the Women's Cricket World Cup.

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Opener Alyssa Healy smashed a record 170 as Australia routed England by 71 runs to claim their seventh Women's World Cup win in Christchurch on Sunday.

Healy was later dropped on 136 at short fine leg by a leaping Beaumont after trying to ramp Sciver. “It was something we've been working on for a very long time. Favourites Australia finished the tournament unbeaten in nine matches, erasing their 2017 World Cup disappointment when they were stunned in the semifinals by India in England.

Australia's coronation may have felt inevitable but their manner of victory and strength in depth are still remarkable.

It is another landmark in the career rise of Healy, a player who averaged single figures with the bat after her first five years of one-day cricket, and is now among the best of the best. The success of Australia’s player development system leaves the current team free to enjoy their success, and the other countries needing to turn envy into action. Her 170 is the biggest score in a final, while Sciver finished up in third spot. The result was a monolith of 170 runs, a single innings that was bigger than some teams in the tournament managed with 11. It was exactly that point of the innings when England could have applied the squeeze. The difference was the support from other players that Healy got, carrying Australia to 356, and that Sciver didn’t, leaving England 72 runs short of their target.

Christchurch: Australian wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy was named 'Player of the Tournament' by the ICC following her team's 71-run over England in the ...

Healy also emualted her husband Mitchell Starc as the left-arm pacer was named player of the tournament when Australia triumphed in the 2015 ICC World Cup. Christchurch: Australian wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy was named 'Player of the Tournament' by the ICC following her team's 71-run over England in the Women's World Cup final here on Sunday. Healy, who smashed 170 in the final against England, added her name to the prestigious roll-call of previous winners, joining former Australia captain Karen Rolton (2005) and international stars (England's Claire Taylor in 2009, New Zealand's Suzie Bates in 2013 and England's Tammy Beaumont in 2017) as contemporaries who have also won the coveted award.

Alyssa Healy hailed a 'special' performance from her teammates as Australia reclaimed the World Cup after beating England by 71 runs in the final.

The Aussie World Cup hero has had to deal with her sister's death and misogyny on way to a big hundred in the final.

“Belinda Clarke stands up at the front and says, ‘this is the way that we’re going to take women’s cricket, we’re going to play T20, we’re only really going to play that format, and this is how we’re going to market the game.’ And I remember sitting there feeling so disappointed at the time. She didn’t take the train that day to school, and had someone drop her at school, where the media were milling around the gate. When the World-Cup winning catch was taken at mid-off, one of the cameras zoomed on Alyssa’s face. Australia were jogging at 90 in 20 overs but with a combination of that shot and the lap-shot, she seized the World Cup in the middle overs. Well, I was the only girl in the side so naturally (laughs), so naturally the boys are going to remember that…. I was, I always just thought growing up playing with the boys, I was one of the boys, I never thought any different… Some of the leg-side shots came after Australia’s loss to India in the last World Cup. Soon after Matthew Mott, Australia’s coach, told her that he wants her to open the batting instead of trying to be the finisher. Repeatedly. On the biggest stage of ’em all, the World Cup final, on her way to a match-winning 170. One of her big games earlier in life had come tagged with a terrible smear. Sometime later, a friend of her mom landed up at home, told Alyssa to spend the night at their house as the mother would be late. “They’d just switched off the life-support and if you want to go and say your last goodbyes, you could go and do that”. At this point in a remarkable chat on the Sam Squiers show ‘On her game’, Alyssa chokes up. Couple of days later, Alyssa walked out of a cricket ground after hitting a hundred to see her father waiting.

She broke records, and English hearts, with one of the great ODI innings of all time to lead Australia to yet another World Cup title.

And, to borrow from Lanning, it is "ridiculous" that Healy's maiden international century and her biggest innings would bookend two high points in Australia's redemption act since the 2017 World Cup semi-final exit: the 2018 tour of India that set them on a world-record winning streak and the 2022 ODI World Cup title win. "It's a big value of our side to keep evolving and it's one that I really enjoy. "The bowlers tried their best, but the pressure that she built against us, it was just a top knock, wasn't it? "The sweep shot for me is something that I've probably brought in later on in my career and it really opened a few doors for me in this World Cup," Healy said. "They [the bowlers] are getting really skillful, and being able to shut down parts of the ground. "It's something that I've really tried to bring into my game a little bit more over the last couple of seasons. "And that's something we've spoken about a lot as a batting group, is being patient early and setting the platform to allow us to go big at the back end. "It's a lot of fun," Haynes, the vice-captain, said after putting on a second straight 100-plus stand with Healy in the tournament. "I don't know if you could tell; I haven't batted that long ever," she said at the presentation to Lisa Sthalekar, who later patted Healy's cheek after putting the winners' medal around her neck at the presentation ceremony. I want to contribute to this win and to be able to do that was really special'. So, turn that down, but you just got to be brave to be able to do it." "It sounds a bit arrogant," she had said after scoring her maiden World Cup century, in the semi-final against West Indies on Thursday. "When someone says that…

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The other one is from today as Australia beat England by 71 runs and Alyssa Healy won the player of the match as well as the player of the tournament award. The first photo is from the 2015 ODI World Cup which Australia won and Mitchell Starc was also adjudged player of the series for taking 22 wickets in eight matches. The star of the final was wicketkeeper-batter Alyssa Healy as she slammed 170 runs off just 138 deliveries and went past Adam Gilchrist to register the highest score in an ODI World Cup final (men or women). The ICC shared a photo of Alyssa Healy along with her husband, Australian cricketer Mitchell Starc on their official Instagram account and it has got more than 4.27 lakh likes already.

Australian opener blasts England all around Hagley Oval, then proves just as entertaining in her title-winning press conference.

“I think I messaged Pez [Ellyse Perry] when I found out she was in the 11 and I said, ‘I just want to be a part of it. “I ran drinks the whole 2013 World Cup. We didn’t make the final in 2017, so for me, this trophy means a lot. Like elite athletes at their peak, our sports journalists are highly trained in the art of news. So we're asking you to support us with more than your attention. This modal can be closed by pressing the Escape key or activating the close button.Alyssa Healy scores a brilliant century for favourites Australia as they dominate England in Christchurch. Her stellar knock and 150-run partnerships with Rachael Haynes and Beth Mooney powered Australia to a whopping 356-5. I want this, I want to be a part of it. Delivering on the biggest stage in a World Cup final and contributing to a title win meant the world to her. Healy started to increase her scoring from there, but admitted she was so focussed on watching the ball and getting Australia to a substantial total, her innings was largely a blur. Beginning of dialog window. Alyssa Healy and husband and Australian cricketer Mitchell Starc enjoy the World Cup final win over England. Alyssa Healy carted the English bowlers around Hagley Oval in the World Cup final and was just as sharp post-match.

'I'm 32 and I've seen it all. Our team sets out to win events like these and everyone is sort of keen to get out there and do just that'

Our team sets out to win events like these and everyone is sort of keen to get out there and do just that,” Healy said, before adding: “Never in my wildest dreams did I ever thought I’d do something like that, so it is pretty cool.” Healy thought the award for the Player of the tournament should have gone to Haynes. 'I’m 32 and I’ve seen it all.

Alyssa Healy, Australia's wicketkeeper-batter, slammed an astounding 170 off just 138 deliveries in the Women's World Cup final against England on Sunday, ...

Healy also became only the second woman to score a century in the Women's World Cup final. Starc also ensured that he would be present in New Zealand to support his wife for the remainder of Australia’s World Cup campaign. Mitchell Starc, who took 27 wickets in the 2015 ODI World Cup, holds the record for most wickets taken in a single edition of the tournament, and Healy holds the record for most runs scored in a single Women's World Cup innings.

We take a look at some of the reaction to Alyssa Healy's brilliant knock in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Final against England.

We take a look at some of the reaction to Alyssa Healy's brilliant knock in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Final against England. We take a look at some of the reaction to Alyssa Healy's brilliant knock in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Final against England. Sometimes you come against teams & players that are just too good .. Australia as a team are incredible as they have so many great players .. today it was @ahealy77 turn to turn on the style .. has to go down as the greatest ever World Cup final knock .. #ICCWomensWorldCup2022

Cricket News: When Alyssa Healy smashed 170 off 138 balls against England in the final of the Women's World Cup at Hagley Oval in Christchurch on Sunday, ...