As curtains fell on Alyssa Healy’s ODI chapter, the Australian icon produced magic: 158 runs from 98 balls, laced with 27 fours and 2 sixes, against India at Hobart’s Ninja Stadium. Her 8th century ensured a dream exit from the 50-over format.
Anchoring the innings early, Healy notched 50 off 49 balls with 8 boundaries. Post-half-ton, she shifted gears, attaining three figures off 79 deliveries in a flurry of strokes that left the Indian bowlers reeling.
Vital combos fueled the assault—32 runs opening with Phoebe Litchfield, 104 for the second with Georgia Voll’s gritty 62, and 145 with Beth Mooney. Healy’s vigil ended via Sneha Rana’s bowling, but not before immortalizing her last knock.
Healy’s ODI ledger: 126 games, 114 inns, 3,777 runs, 8 centuries, 19 fifties, HS 170. In Tests (10): 489 runs, 3×50. T20Is (162): 3,054 runs (143 inns), 1 ton, 17 fifties, HS 148 not out. From 2010 onwards, she’s been pivotal in 6 T20 World Cup wins, 2 ODI triumphs—including 2022 final MOTM—and two ICC T20I Player of the Year awards. Retiring at her peak, Healy redefines greatness.