Three years after debuting for the NSW Breakers as a 16-year-old, Healy was called into the Australian team and made an immediate impact.
Batting at No.8 against New Zealand in Adelaide, she hit a cheeky 21 off 11 balls, with five boundaries, to help the home team reach 241 from their 50 overs.
Alyssa Healy playing against India in 2010.Credit: Getty Images
She then proved just as capable behind the stumps, taking a catch and conceding no byes, to help dismiss the Kiwis for 126. A star was born.
Test debut, 2011
With Australia in early strife at 5-45 in reply to England’s 207, their 20-year-old wicket-keeper rescued them with a top score of 37 from 74 balls at No.8, helping the home side to 159.
Australia then bundled England out for 149 in their second innings and chased down the total with seven wickets intact.
A first international century
It was a while coming, but Healy posted her first triple-figure score for Australia in March 2018, hammering 133 off 115 balls against India in Vadodara. Her 17 boundaries and two sixes helped the Aussies reach 332-7, setting up victory by 97 runs. For good measure, she pouched two catches.
T20 destroyer
In a remarkable display of clean hitting, Healy put Sri Lanka to the sword at North Sydney Oval in 2019.
In 61 balls, she blasted seven sixes and 19 fours, finishing 148 not out in Australia’s total of 2-226.
Alyssa Healy set up Australia’s win in the Twenty20 World Cup final at the MCG in 2020 by smashing 75 off 39 balls.Credit: AAP
She capped that with a catch, and no byes conceded, as the home team restricted Sri Lanka to 7-94 to complete a landslide win.
World beater
In front of a record-breaking crowd of 86,174 at the MCG in 2020, a Healy blitz set up Australia’s crushing victory against India.
Batting first, the Aussies were off to a flyer as Healy smacked five sixes and seven fours, finishing with 75 off 39 balls. She shared a 115-run opening stand with Beth Mooney (78 off 54 balls) to help the home side post an imposing 4-184.
They dismissed India for 99 in reply and celebrated their victory on stage with pop superstar Katy Perry.
Semi satisfied
Reaffirmed her reputation as a big-game player by scoring 129 off 107 balls against the West Indies in the World Cup (50-over) semi-final in Wellington in March 2022. Shared a 216-run opening stand with Rachael Haynes (85) as Australia posted 305-3, cruising to victory by 157 runs.
Final onslaught
Alyssa Healy after scoring 170 against England in the 2022 World Cup final.Credit: Getty
Just a few days after her semi-final heroics, Healy followed up with an even more dynamic display in the tournament decider.
Playing against England in Christchurch, she smashed 170 from 138 balls, including 26 fours. That comprised the bulk of Australia’s 5-356, which was enough to win the final by 71 runs.
So near, yet so far
Alyssa Healy on her way to 99 against South Africa at the WACA.Credit: Getty Images
Captaining Australia in a Test match on home soil for the first time, in February 2024, Healy appeared set to mark the occasion with a century against South Africa at the WACA.
On a 40-degree day, some brilliant fielding on the boundary prevented her from moving from 97 to 101.
Two balls later, she was devastated when a leading edge presented spinner Delmi Tucker with a return catch.
If it is any consolation, her highest Test score of 99 is the same as husband Mitchell Starc’s.
Australian women’s captain Alyssa Healy celebrating her century against Bangladesh at last year’s World Cup.Credit: AP
Tons of class
In consecutive innings in the 2025 ODI World Cup, in Visakhapatnam, Healy scored 142 against India and an unbeaten 113 against Bangladesh to break an ODI century drought that spanned more than two years. That took her to eight tons in Australia’s colours.
