View source for Alyssa Healy

{{short description|Australian cricketer (born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}}
{{good article}}
{{Infobox cricketer
|                name = Alyssa Healy
|              female = true
|               image = Alyssa_Healy_playing_for_the_Sydney_Sixers.jpg
|          image_size = 
|             caption = Healy with the [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)|Sydney Sixers]] in 2016
|                 alt = 
|            fullname = Alyssa Jean Healy
|          birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|3|24|df=yes}}
|         birth_place = [[Gold Coast, Queensland]], Australia
|            nickname = Midge
|             batting = Right-handed
|             bowling = 
|                role = [[Wicket-keeper-batter]]
|              family = [[Ian Healy]] (uncle)<br>[[Ken Healy]] (uncle)<br>[[Mitchell Starc]] (husband)<br>[[Brandon Starc]] (brother-in-law)
|             country = Australia
|       international = true
|   internationalspan = 2010–present

|       testdebutdate = 22 January
|       testdebutyear = 2011
|    testdebutagainst = England
|             testcap = 162
|        lasttestdate = 30 January
|        lasttestyear = 2025
|     lasttestagainst = England 

|        odidebutdate = 10 February
|        odidebutyear = 2010
|     odidebutagainst = New Zealand
|              odicap = 116
|         lastodidate = 17 January
|         lastodiyear = 2025
|      lastodiagainst = England 
|            odishirt = 77

|       T20Idebutdate = 21 February
|       T20Idebutyear = 2010
|    T20Idebutagainst = New Zealand
|             T20Icap = 29
|        lastT20Idate = 11 October
|        lastT20Iyear = 2024
|     lastT20Iagainst = Pakistan
|           T20Ishirt = 77

|               club1 = [[New South Wales Breakers|New South Wales]]
|               year1 = {{nowrap|2007/08–present}}
|         clubnumber1 = 77
|               club2 = [[Yorkshire Women cricket team|Yorkshire]]
|               year2 = 2012
|               club3 = [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)|Sydney Sixers]]
|               year3 = 2015/16–present
|         clubnumber3 = 77
|               club4 = [[IPL Trailblazers|Trailblazers]]
|               year4 = 2018
|               club5 = [[Yorkshire Diamonds]]
|               year5 = 2019
|               club6 = [[Northern Superchargers]]
|               year6 = 2022–present
|               club7 = [[UP Warriorz]]
|               year7 = 2023–present

| hidedeliveries     = true
| columns            = 4

| column1            = [[Women's Test cricket|WTest]]
| matches1           = 10
| runs1              = 489
| bat avg1           = 30.56
| 100s/50s1          = 0/3
| top score1         = 99
| catches/stumpings1 = 22/2

| column2            = [[Women's One Day International cricket|WODI]]
| matches2           = 115
| runs2              = 3,198
| bat avg2           = 34.76
| 100s/50s2          = 5/18
| top score2         = 170
| catches/stumpings2 = 80/35

| column3            = [[Women's Twenty20 International|WT20I]]
| matches3           = 162
| runs3              = 3,054
| bat avg3           = 25.24
| 100s/50s3          = 1/17
| top score3         = 148[[not out|*]]
| catches/stumpings3 = 65/63

| column4            = [[List A cricket|WLA]]
| matches4           = 224
| runs4              = 6,269
| bat avg4           = 34.63
| 100s/50s4          = 9/38
| top score4         = 170
| catches/stumpings4 = 174/66

|              source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/187/187174/187174.html CricketArchive
|                date = 23 April 2025
|medaltemplates={{MedalSport|Women's [[Cricket]]}}
{{MedalCountry |{{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|G|[[2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Women's Cricket World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2013 Women's Cricket World Cup|2013 India]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[2022 Women's Cricket World Cup|2022 New Zealand]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[ICC Women's T20 World Cup]]}}
{{Medal|W|[[2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2010 West Indies]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2012 Sri Lanka]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2014 Bangladesh]]|}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2016 India]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2018 West Indies]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[2020 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2020 Australia]]|}}
{{Medal|W|[[2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup|2023 South Africa]]|}}
}}
'''Alyssa Jean Healy''' <!-- Do not add Starc as Healy did not take on her married name legally--> (born 24 March 1990) is an Australian [[cricket]]er who plays for and captains the [[Australia women's national cricket team|Australian women's national team]]. She also plays for [[New South Wales Breakers|New South Wales]] in domestic cricket, as well as the [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)|Sydney Sixers]] in the [[Women's Big Bash League|WBBL]] and captains the [[UP Warriorz]] in [[Women's Premier League (cricket)|Women's Premier League]] in India. She made her international debut in February 2010.<ref name=prof>{{cite web
 | url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/player/275486.html
 | title=Players and officials: Alyssa Healy
 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo
 | access-date=20 July 2008}}</ref><ref name=ca>{{cite web
 | url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/187/187174/187174.html
 | title=Alyssa Healy
 | publisher=CricketArchive
 | access-date=20 July 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080706032507/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/187/187174/187174.html| archive-date= 6 July 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

A right-handed [[batter (cricket)|batter]] and [[wicket-keeper]], she is the daughter of Greg Healy, who was part of the [[Queensland Bulls|Queensland squad]], while her uncle [[Ian Healy]] was Australia's [[Test cricket|Test]] wicket-keeper and held the world record for the most Test dismissals. Another uncle, Greg and Ian's brother [[Ken Healy]], also played cricket for Queensland. Healy first came to prominence in late 2006 when she became the first girl to play among boys in the private schools' competition in [[New South Wales]]. She moved up the state age group ranks and made her debut for the senior New South Wales team in the 2007&ndash;08 season. She played most of her first two seasons as a specialist batter due to the presence of [[Leonie Coleman]]&mdash;also a wicket-keeper for Australia&mdash;in the state side. Coleman left New South Wales at the start of the 2009&ndash;10 season and Healy took up the glovework on a full-time basis for her state. During the same season, she recorded her highest score of 89 [[not out]] at [[Strike rate|faster than a run a ball]], and made the most dismissals of any wicket-keeper in the [[Women's National Cricket League]].

Following the injury to Australian captain and wicket-keeper [[Jodie Fields]], Healy was given her international debut in the [[2009–10 Rose Bowl series|2010 Rose Bowl series]] against [[New Zealand national women's cricket team|New Zealand]]. She played in the first five [[One Day Internationals]] (ODIs) and five [[Twenty20]] Internationals (T20Is), but was dropped for the last three ODIs during the New Zealand leg of the series. Healy played in every match of the [[2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2010 World Twenty20]] as Australia won the tournament after an unbeaten campaign. Healy was part of Australia's squad for the [[2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20]] tournament in the West Indies, and finished as the tournament's leading runs scorer with 225 runs and won player of the tournament.

In December 2018, the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC) named her the T20I Player of the Year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/958683 |title=Alyssa Healy caps off stellar 2018 with T20I Player of the Year award |publisher=International Cricket Council |access-date=31 December 2018}}</ref> In September 2019, during Australia's series [[Sri Lanka women's cricket team in Australia in 2019–20|against Sri Lanka]], Healy played in her 100th WT20I match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/feature/alyssa-healy-100-t20-internationals-australia-series-sri-lanka-north-sydney-women/2019-09-30 |title=Healy joins elite company with a ton of T20Is |publisher=[[Cricket Australia]] |access-date=30 September 2019}}</ref> In the same series, Healy set a new record for the [[List of Women's Twenty20 International records#Highest individual score|highest individual score in a Women's T20I match]], with 148 [[not out]].<ref name="T20I world record">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/19245/report/1183512/australia-women-vs-sri-lanka-women-3rd-t20i-sl-w-in-australia-2019-20 |title=Healy plunders T20I world record with 148* |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=2 October 2019 |access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref> In January 2020, she was named in Australia's squad for the [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]] in Australia. Healy finished second highest runs scorer in the tournament with 236 runs. In the [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final|final]], she scored a quickfire 75 off 39 balls against India to help Australia win their fifth title and won player of the match. In September 2020, in the second WT20I match [[New Zealand women's cricket team in Australia in 2020–21|against New Zealand]], Healy took her [[List of women's Twenty20 International records#Most dismissals in career|92nd dismissal as a wicket-keeper]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29982583/australia-v-new-zealand,-2nd-t20i-modest-alyssa-healy-doffs-hat-bowlers-surpassing-ms-dhoni-record |title=Modest Alyssa Healy doffs hat to the bowlers after surpassing MS Dhoni's record |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref> As a result, she went past [[MS Dhoni]]'s record of 91 dismissals, to set a new record of most dismissals as a wicket-keeper, male or female, in Twenty20 International cricket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/alyssa-healy-ms-dhoni-t20-dismissals-record-australia-new-zealand-second-t20/2020-09-27 |title=Healy passes Dhoni to set new T20 benchmark |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=27 September 2020}}</ref>

== Early years ==
Born on the [[Gold Coast, Queensland]], Healy is the daughter of Greg, who was a member of the [[Queensland Bulls|Queensland squad]], while Greg's younger brother [[Ian Healy|Ian]] was Australia's [[Test cricket|Test]] wicket-keeper from the late 1980s until 1999 and was the world record holder for the most Test dismissals.<ref name=prof/> Another uncle, [[Ken Healy|Ken]], played for Queensland.<ref name=ca/> Despite the family heritage, and watching her uncle represent Australia, she said that she did not become interested in cricket until she moved from Queensland to [[Sydney]] as a child and was coaxed into taking up the sport by a friend.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/cricket/whats-in-a-name-for-healy/story-e6frey50-1111115184225 |title= Alyssa Healy leads NSW to triumph over Queensland |work=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]] |author=Phelps, James |date=24 December 2007 |access-date=10 March 2010}}</ref> She attended high school at [[MLC School]] and later [[Barker College]].

Her selection at the age of 16 in late 2006 as [[wicket-keeper]] for [[Barker College]] [[First XI]], the first time a girl had been picked to play among boys in the elite private schools' cricket competition in [[New South Wales]], drew press commentary from various sources. This came about after an anonymous person, believed to be a former male student, circulated an email entitled "Save Barker Cricket Now" in the school community attacking the selection as a "disgrace" and calling for gender segregation of the cricket team.<ref name=nc/> The sportsmaster of Barker College condemned the anonymous writer as "gutless" and maintained that Healy's selection was based on merit.<ref name=nc/> Ian Healy and [[Alex Blackwell]], a cricketer for the Australian women's team and former Barker student, also defended the selection and criticised the email author. The emailer was also criticised, and Alyssa Healy commended, by social commentators in newspapers.<ref name=nc>{{cite news
 | url=http://blogs.smh.com.au/sit/archives/2006/10/scandals_not_cr.html
 | title=Scandals: Not cricket
 | date=28 October 2006
 | newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]
 | access-date=20 July 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080813022331/http://blogs.smh.com.au/sit/archives/2006/10/scandals_not_cr.html| archive-date= 13 August 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/healys-niece-targeted/news-story/eb300b0bb30af4cafa53003fecf7f955
 | title=Healy's niece targeted
 | last=Makin
 | first=Leticia
 | author2=James Phelps
 | date=31 October 2006
 | newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]
 | access-date=10 April 2024
 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/why-does-cricket-remain-a-boys-own-world/2006/11/28/1164476200749.html
 | title=Why does cricket remain a boys' own world?
 | last=MacDonald
 | first=Emma
 | date=29 November 2006
 | newspaper=[[The Age]]
 | access-date=20 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
 | url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21945281-5006069,00.html
 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20121230135820/http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21945281-5006069,00.html
 | url-status=dead
 | archive-date=30 December 2012
 | title=Another Healy on the field
 | last=Dale
 | first=Amy
 | date=22 June 2007
 | newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]
 | access-date=20 July 2008
 }}</ref> In 2010, she reflected "I'd do it all again...I really enjoyed playing school cricket with the boys and it definitely helped lift my skills and tighten my technique."<ref name=mix>{{cite news
 | url=http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/girls-can-mix-it-with-the-boys-say-breakers-stars-20100109-lzup.html
 | title=Girls can mix it with the boys, say Breakers stars 
 | date=10 January 2010
 |author =Lane, Daniel
 | newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]
 | access-date=10 March 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100317154232/http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/girls-can-mix-it-with-the-boys-say-breakers-stars-20100109-lzup.html| archive-date= 17 March 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> Both she and Australian teammate [[Ellyse Perry]] have publicly advocated girls playing against boys.<ref name=mix/>

In January 2007, Healy was selected in the New South Wales team to play in the Under-19 interstate competition. Opening the batting in all three matches and keeping in only the second of these, she scored 47, 73 and 41 in her first three matches, and took one [[catch (cricket)|catch]].<ref name=o/> She went on to end with 345 [[run (cricket)|runs]] at a [[batting average (cricket)|batting average]] of 57.50, topping the run-scorers list and was named the best under-17 player at the tournament.<ref name=young>{{cite web
 | url=http://content-www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/story/276567.html
 | title=Ian Healy's niece wins Australia Under-23 call-up
 | date=16 January 2007
 | publisher=ESPNcricinfo
 | access-date=20 July 2008}}</ref> The following month, she was selected in the Australia Youth team, composed of under-23 cricketers, to play against New Zealand A, the only player selected before making their senior domestic debut.<ref name=young/> She scored 10 not out, 41 and 63 in three matches, and made one stumping.<ref name=o/> Though she top-scored amongst the Australians in the final match with 63 from 84 balls, it was not enough to prevent a 22-run defeat.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Zealand A Women v Australia Youth Women  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/122/122379.html |publisher=CricketArchive |date=10 March 2010}}</ref> She played as a wicket-keeper batting in the middle-order in the first match, and opened in the last two matches, playing purely as a batter. The series ended 1&ndash;1 after the second match was tied.<ref name=o/>

== Senior domestic debut ==

At the start of the 2007–08 season, she made her senior debut for the [[New South Wales Breakers]] in the [[Women's National Cricket League|Australian domestic one-day league]]. She was used as a specialist batter in the [[batting order (cricket)|top-order]], as [[Leonie Coleman]], a wicket-keeper in the Australian squad, also played for New South Wales. She made her debut against [[South Australian Scorpions|South Australia]] and was unsuccessful to begin with, scoring only 24 runs in her first five [[innings]]. After one month at senior level, she broke through with a match-winning performance in her sixth senior game. After [[Queensland Fire|Queensland]] had made 170, Healy came in with the score at 5/99 after 32 [[over (cricket)|overs]], with 18 overs remaining. She raised the [[run rate]], scoring 41 not out from 50 balls, with eight [[four (cricket)|fours]], shepherding the [[batting order (cricket)|tail-enders]] and guiding her state to a two-wicket win with 17 balls to spare.<ref name=o/><ref>{{cite web|title=New South Wales Women v Queensland Women  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/130/130213.html |access-date=10 March 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

New South Wales reached the final and were awarded the title because they placed first in the qualifying matches after rain washed out the deciding game.<ref name=o/><ref>{{cite web|title=New South Wales Women v South Australia Women  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/130/130223.html |access-date=10 March 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> Healy ended the season with 78 runs at 11.14.<ref name=o/> She also played in two [[Twenty20]] interstate matches. She scored two and made a [[stumping]] in the first match, and neither batted nor kept wicket in the latter. New South Wales prevailed in both.<ref name=o/>

At the end of the season, she was selected for the Under-23 Australian team to play a series against the senior [[England women's cricket team|England]] and Australian teams. She scored 45, 1 and 41 not out in three matches. In the third match, she combined for a second-wicket [[partnership (cricket)|partnership]] of 52 with [[Elyse Villani]], hitting six boundaries in 62 balls and guiding her team to an eight-wicket win over the Australian team.<ref name=o/><ref>{{cite web|title=Australia Under-21s Women v Australia Women  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/129/129769.html |access-date=10 March 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> Playing as a specialist batter, she also took three catches.<ref name=o/> The new 2008&ndash;09 season started the same way, with the Under-23 national team playing against Australia and [[India national women's cricket team|India]]. The first match, against India, was washed out and Healy made a [[Duck (cricket)|duck]] [zero] and 9 in the other matches. Playing as a batter, she did not take a catch.<ref name=o/>

Healy again played as a batter, with Coleman ensconced behind the stumps. In the first four matches of the new domestic season, she batted only once, scoring nine. In these matches she was placed in the lower-order and did not bowl. She was dropped after these four matches.<ref name=o>{{cite web| title=Player Oracle AJ Healy  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/cgi-bin/player_oracle_reveals_results2.cgi?playernumber=187174&opponentmatch=exact&playername=Meckiff&resulttype=All&matchtype=All&teammatch=exact&startwicket=&homeawaytype=All&opponent=&endwicket=&wicketkeeper=&searchtype=InningsList&endscore=&playermatch=contains&branding=cricketarchive&captain=&endseason=&startscore=&team=&startseason= |access-date=14 May 2009 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

She then played six matches for the Second XI in the space of a week, mostly as a top-order batter, sometimes opening and as a wicket-keeper. New South Wales won all the fixtures except for one that was abandoned due to inclement weather.<ref name=o/> She scored 120 runs at 40.00, took six catches and made three stumpings, and was recalled to the senior team after one week in the second-string outfit.<ref name=o/> In her first three matches back, Healy was placed in the middle-order and not required to bat or keep wickets.<ref name=o/> In the last league match, she scored 59 from 55 balls in an 89-run partnership at faster than a run a ball with [[Lisa Sthalekar]] against [[Victorian Spirit|Victoria]]. New South Wales won by three wickets despite losing Healy and three subsequent batters in the closing phase of the run-chase.<ref>{{cite web|title=New South Wales Women v Victoria Women  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/180/180677.html |access-date=10 March 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> In the final against the same team the following week, Healy made 11 from 22 balls before being [[run out]], but New South Wales nevertheless won by six wickets with more than 15 overs to spare to claim the title.<ref>{{cite web|title=New South Wales Women v Victoria Women  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/180/180678.html |access-date=10 March 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> Healy ended the one-day competition with 79 runs at 26.33.<ref name=o/> She was named Australia's 30-strong shortlist for the [[2009 Women's Cricket World Cup]], but was not a part of the final squad of 15.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bulow, Smith and Britt recalled |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/385791.html |date=8 January 2010 |access-date=10 March 2010 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

Healy also played in two [[Twenty20]] matches for her state during the season, scoring 35 from 27 balls against South Australia and 16 from 21 balls against Victoria.<ref>{{cite web|title=South Australia Women v New South Wales Women  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/180/180653.html |access-date=10 March 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=New South Wales Women v Victoria Women  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/180/180657.html |access-date=10 March 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> She was New South Wales' second top-scorer in both matches; the first was won but the second lost.<ref name=o/>

== Full-time wicket-keeper ==
[[Image:Alyssa Healy stumping.jpg|left|200px|Healy practising a stumping in the [[Adelaide Oval]] nets.|thumb|alt=Young woman with a short blonde ponytail wearing a dark blue T-shirt, baseball cap and trackpants with gold stripes. Advertising logos of [[Adidas]] and [[Commonwealth Bank]] are present on the clothes. She is wearing gloves, standing with bent knees and open hands next to cricket stumps watching carefully for a white ball to catch.]]
After the Women's World Cup held in early 2009, Coleman transferred to play for the [[ACT Meteors|Australian Capital Territory]], so Healy became New South Wales' wicket-keeper on a full-time basis for the start of the 2009&ndash;10 season. After making scores of 11, 12 and 29 in her first three innings of the one-day season,<ref name=o/> she struck an unbeaten 89 against Victoria. Coming in upon the fall of [[Leah Poulton]] with the score at 1/9 after three overs, she hit 13 fours in 82 balls, putting on partnerships of 72 with Blackwell and 82 with Sthalekar. New South Wales reached their target of 187 with more than 13 overs to spare and Healy was named the Player of the Match, having earlier taken a [[Caught|catch]] and made a stumping.<ref>{{cite web|title=New South Wales Women v Victoria Women  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/256/256144.html |access-date=10 March 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> Her season was interrupted by her selection in the Australian Under-21 team to play against the New Zealand Emerging Players. In five matches, she scored 50 runs at 10.00, took five catches and made one stumping as Australia won the series 4&ndash;1.<ref name=o/>

In the final of the one-day competition, she scored 23 from 37 balls batting at No. 3 and took two catches as New South Wales defeated Victoria by 59 runs.<ref>{{cite web|title=New South Wales Women v Victoria Women  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/256/256162.html |access-date=10 March 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> Healy ended her first full season as a wicket-keeper with 208 runs at 29.71, the second-highest average in her team behind Blackwell. In 11 matches, she also took 11 catches and completed 9 stumpings, effecting more dismissals than any other player.<ref>{{cite web|title=Batting and fielding in Women's National Cricket League 2009/10 (ordered by average)  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/AUS/Womens_National_Cricket_League_2009-10/Batting_by_Average.html |access-date=10 March 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>
 
She made 52 runs at 13.00 in seven T20 matches.<ref name=o/> Her best score was an unbeaten 20 from 13 balls in an eight-wicket win over [[Tasmanian Roar|Tasmania]]. In the final, Victoria batted first and made 5/127, Healy completing a catch and stumping. In reply, Healy made a duck as New South Wales lost four wickets in the first 13 balls and were all out for 75 to lose by 22 runs.<ref>{{cite web|title=New South Wales Women v Victoria Women  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/256/256184.html |access-date=10 March 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref>

She holds the record for conceding the most number of byes as wicketkeeper in an innings of a [[Women's Twenty20 International|WT20I]] (9), the joint most by any female wicketkeeper along with [[Tammy Beaumont]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283310.html|title=Records. Women's Twenty20 Internationals. Wicketkeeping records. Most byes conceded in an innings |work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=5 June 2017}}</ref>

== International debut ==
[[File:Alyssa Healy batting.jpg|Healy in her batting kit in the [[Adelaide Oval]] nets.|thumb|alt=Young woman with a short blonde ponytail wearing a dark blue T-shirt, baseball cap and trackpants with gold stripes. Advertising logos of [[Adidas]] and [[Commonwealth Bank]] are present on the clothes. She is wearing a green helmet with a grill and pads on her legs, gloves and is holding a bat in her right hand.]]
Healy was selected in the Australian squad for the Rose Bowl series against New Zealand in February 2010 due to an injury to the incumbent wicketkeeper and captain [[Jodie Fields]]. The selection committee released a statement saying "Alyssa has been identified for higher honours for a number of years and now gets the chance to display her wicket-keeping skills and attacking batting on the international stage".<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/445132.html 
 |title=Alyssa Healy set for international debut 
 |date=20 January 2010 
 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo 
 |access-date=24 January 2010 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123161014/http://www.cricinfo.com/women/content/story/445132.html 
 |archive-date=23 January 2010 
 |url-status=live 
}}</ref> Healy made her ODI debut at the [[Adelaide Oval]] and played in all five ODIs in the Australian leg of the series. In her first match, she scored 21 from 11 balls in the death overs, hitting four fours as Australia made 241 before bowling out the visitors for 126 to seal a 115-run win. She took one catch, removing [[Amy Satterthwaite]] from the bowling of [[Rene Farrell]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Australia Women v New Zealand Women |access-date=10 March 2010  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/256/256124.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Healy made consecutive ducks in the next two matches, and made four in the final match at [[Junction Oval]]. She had only brief opportunities with the bat in the closing stages of the innings. She ended the series with 25 runs at 6.25 and a strike rate of 100.00, five catches and a stumping.<ref name=o/><ref name=odi>{{cite web |title=Statistics / AJ Healy / Women's One-Day Internationals 
 |access-date=10 March 2010 |url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/275486.html?class=9;template=results;type=batting;view=innings|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

She then played in the three T20s held at [[Bellerive Oval]] in [[Hobart]]. The first of these matches was a curtain-raiser to the match between the [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] men teams, and was the first match to be shown live on free-to-air television in Australia. New Zealand batted first and Australian [[fast bowler]] [[Ellyse Perry]] extracted an outside edge from captain [[Aimee Watkins]] from the first ball of the match. The ball flew straight to Healy's mid-riff and she dropped it.<ref name=drop/><ref name=td/> Watkins went on to score 44 from 36 balls as New Zealand made 7/117 and Healy's only dismissal was to catch [[Nicola Browne]] from Sthalekar's [[off spin]]. Healy came to the crease at 6/107 at the end of the 19th over and had scored three runs from as many balls and found herself on strike for the final ball of the match, bowled by Browne, with Australia needing three runs for the win. The delivery was wide outside off and Healy's expansive shot took the outside edge of the bat and flew towards the vacant [[fielding (cricket)|first slip area]]. It would have gone for a match-winning four runs but for New Zealand wicket-keeper [[Rachel Priest]] diving across and catching the ball one-handed in her right glove, handing the tourists a two-run victory.<ref name=o/><ref name=drop>{{cite web |title=Devine intervention gets New Zealand home |date=21 February 2010 |access-date=10 March 2010 |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/449359.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref name=td>{{cite web |title=Australia Women v New Zealand Women |access-date=10 March 2010 |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/428068.html |publisher=ESPNcricinfo| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100223035551/http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/428068.html| archive-date= 23 February 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

Healy had little impact with the bat in the three T20s in Australia and two more at the start of the New Zealand leg of the series, scoring 17 runs at 5.66 and a strike rate of 77.27.<ref name=t20>{{cite web |title=Statistics / AJ Healy / Women's Twenty20 Internationals 
 |access-date=10 March 2010 |url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/275486.html?class=9;template=results;type=batting;view=innings|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> Apart from one catch on her debut, she did not make any more dismissals. Australia lost all five matches.<ref name=o/> She was then omitted for the three ODIs in New Zealand as batter [[Jess Cameron]] stood in as a makeshift wicket-keeper.<ref name=o/>

== 2010 World Twenty20 ==
Healy was selected for the [[2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2010 World Twenty20]] in the [[West Indies]] and played in every match after Fields was again forced out by injury.<ref name=nz1>{{Cite web  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/290/290068.html |title=Australia Women v New Zealand Women |access-date=4 June 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><ref name=pak>{{Cite web  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/290/290073.html |title=Australia Women v Pakistan Women |access-date=4 June 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><ref name=eng>{{Cite web  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/250/250770.html |title=Australia Women v England Women |access-date=4 June 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><ref name=rsa>{{Cite web  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/250/250773.html |title=Australia Women v South Africa Women |access-date=4 June 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><ref name=wi>{{Cite web  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/250/250778.html |title=West Indies Women v Australia Women |access-date=4 June 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><ref name=ind>{{Cite web  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/250/250781.html |title=Australia Women v India Women |access-date=4 June 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref><ref name=nz2>{{Cite web  |url-access=subscription  |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/250/250783.html |title=Australia Women v New Zealand Women |access-date=4 June 2010 |publisher=CricketArchive}}</ref> In the first warm-up match, she took two catches and did not bat as Australia lost to New Zealand by 18 runs.<ref name=nz1/> In the last warm-up match, she was again not required to bat and did not make a dismissal as the Australians defeated [[Pakistan national women's cricket team|Pakistan]] by 82 runs.<ref name=nz2/>

Australia were grouped with [[England women's cricket team|England]], [[South Africa national women's cricket team|South Africa]] and the [[West Indies women's cricket team|West Indies]]. In the first match against England, Healy took one catch to dismiss [[Danielle Hazell]] from the bowling of Sthalekar. In pursuit of 105 for victory, Australia were struggling when Healy came to the crease with the score at 7/63 after 14.2 overs. Three wickets had fallen in the space of 16 balls, during which only three runs had been added,<ref name=eng/> and England had the momentum, and 42 runs were needed from 34 balls for victory. Healy then struck three fours, making 15 from 9 balls before being dismissed by [[Nicki Shaw]], ending a stand of 23 from 13 balls with Sthalekar. However, [[Rene Farrell]] was [[run out]] going for the winning run from the third last ball available, leaving the scores tied.<ref name=eng/>

A Super Over eventuated, and [[Laura Marsh]] bowled for England. Healy came in at 1/3 after [[Leah Poulton]] fell on the fourth ball. She hit a two from the fifth ball, and was run out by [[Jenny Gunn]] while attempting to complete a second run on the sixth and final ball of Australia's Super Over, leaving them at 2/6. England also ended with 2/6 after a run out in an attempt to secure the winning run on the final ball. Australia was awarded the match because they had hit more [[six (cricket)|sixes]] in the match&mdash;[[Jess Duffin|Jess Cameron]] scored the solitary six.<ref name=eng/>
[[File:2017–18 WNCL NSWB v ACTM 17-11-26 Healy (01).jpg|thumb|right|Healy batting for [[New South Wales Breakers|NSW Breakers]], 2017]]
In the next match against South Africa, Healy was promoted two positions to No. 7. Coming in upon the fall of Cameron, her partner [[Sarah Jane Elliott|Sarah Elliott]] was then run out without further addition to the score. Healy hit one boundary and was then out for 8 from 6 balls at 7/151. Her dismissal was part of a sudden collapse as Australia lost 6/16 including the last four wickets for four runs to be all out for 155 with three balls unused. Healy did not make a dismissal as Australia completed a 22-run win.<ref name=rsa/> In the final group match against the West Indies, Healy came in at 6/111 and hit 12 from 8 balls, before being caught from the final ball of the innings as Australia finished on 7/133. She had put on 22 runs in 16 balls with Sthalekar. She caught [[Deandra Dottin]] from the bowling of Perry for a golden duck as Australia won by nine runs to finish the group stage unbeaten at the top of their quartet.<ref name=wi/>

Australia went on to face [[India national women's cricket team|India]] in the semi-final. Healy stumped leading Indian batter [[Mithali Raj]] from the bowling of Sthalekar and was not required to bat as Australia reached their target of 120 with seven wickets and seven balls to spare.<ref name=ind/> Australia elected to bat first in the final against New Zealand, but the top-order struggled and Healy came to the crease to join Elliott at 5/51 in the 13th over after the fall of two wickets in quick succession. The pair lifted the [[run rate]] by adding 21 runs in 18 balls. Healy scored 10 from as many balls, but was then run out attempting a second run after being dropped by [[Sara McGlashan]] in the outfield. This left the score at 6/72 in the 16th over, and Australia eventually ended on 8/106.<ref name=aus>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wwt202010/engine/current/match/412718.html?innings=1;view=commentary 
 |title=Australia Women v New Zealand Women &ndash; Australia Women innings 
 |access-date=10 June 2010 
 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526175942/http://www.cricinfo.com/wwt202010/engine/current/match/412718.html?innings=1;view%3Dcommentary 
 |archive-date=26 May 2010 
 |url-status=dead 
}}</ref>

During the middle of the run-chase, Priest was incorrectly given out stumped by Healy after the television umpire [[Asad Rauf]] had pressed the wrong button, and he had to retract his decision. Soon after New Zealand were at 5/36 after 11 overs, leaving them with 71 runs to score from the last 54 balls, and Australia were in the ascendancy.<ref name=nz>{{cite web|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wwt202010/engine/current/match/412718.html?innings=2;page=1;view=commentary |title=Australia Women v New Zealand Women &ndash; New Zealand Women innings |access-date=10 June 2010 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520012434/http://www.cricinfo.com/wwt202010/engine/current/match/412718.html?innings=2;page%3D1;view%3Dcommentary |archive-date=20 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> However, New Zealand's chances were revived by [[Nicola Browne]] and [[Sophie Devine]], who put on 41 from as many balls. In the 18th over, Healy caught Browne from Perry's bowling, and Australia went on to win by three runs after New Zealand ended on 6/103.<ref name=nz/>

==2015–present==
In June 2015, she was named as one of Australia's touring party for the 2015 Women's Ashes in England.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/32964816|date=1 June 2015|access-date=3 June 2015|title=Women's Ashes: Australia include three potential Test debututants|publisher=BBC}}</ref>

Healy was named as the wicketkeeper across all forms of the [[2017 Women's Ashes series]] in Australia. She was the leading run-scorer in the ODI leg of the series. The entire series ended 8–8 in points, and as the holders, Australia retained the Ashes.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/table/series/18100/womens-ashes-2017-18/|access-date=4 March 2018|title=Women's Ashes Table - 2017|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18100/report/1086069/australia-women-vs-england-women-3rd-t20i/|access-date=4 March 2018|title=Wyatt's 56-ball century wipes out Australia|publisher=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

In April 2018, she was one of the fourteen players to be awarded a national contract for the 2018–19 season by [[Cricket Australia]].<ref name="1819con">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23034115/molineux-kimmince-new-australia-contracts-beams-cheatle-miss-out |title=Molineux, Kimmince among new Australia contracts; Beams, Cheatle miss out |access-date=5 April 2018 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

In June 2018, Healy was named as the captain of the [[New South Wales Breakers]] for the 2018–19 season after the retirement of the previous captain, [[Alex Blackwell]]. She was named ahead of Australian Women's Vice-Captain [[Rachael Haynes]] and Sydney Sixers Captain [[Ellyse Perry]].<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/alyssa-healy-nsw-breakers-captain-alex-blackwell-ellyse-perry-rachael-haynes/2018-06-23 |title=Healy to take charge of dominant dynasty| access-date=2 August 2018| publisher=cricket.com.au}}</ref>

In October 2018, she was named in Australia's squad for the [[2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20]] tournament in the West Indies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-women-southern-stars-world-t20-squad-bolton-wareham-vlaeminck/2018-10-09 |title=Australia reveal World Twenty20 squad |publisher=[[Cricket Australia]] |access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/876684 |title=Jess Jonassen, Nicole Bolton in Australia's squad for ICC Women's World T20 |publisher=[[International Cricket Council]] |access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref> Ahead of the tournament, she was named as one of the players to watch.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/902214 |title=Players to watch in ICC Women's World T20 2018 |publisher=International Cricket Council |access-date=8 November 2018}}</ref> She was the leading run-scorer in the competition, with 225 runs, and was named the player of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/921163 |title=WT20 report card: Australia |publisher=International Cricket Council |access-date=25 November 2018}}</ref>

In November 2018, she was named in the [[Sydney Sixers (WBBL)|Sydney Sixers]]' squad for the [[2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/wbbl-04-all-you-need-to-know-guide-tv-schedule-squads-when-fantasy-best-players/2018-11-30 |title=WBBL04: All you need to know guide |publisher=Cricket Australia |access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/25412608/the-full-squads-wbbl |title=The full squads for the WBBL |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=30 November 2018}}</ref> In April 2019, [[Cricket Australia]] awarded her with a contract ahead of the 2019–20 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/1179934.html |title=Georgia Wareham handed first full Cricket Australia contract |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/1167334 |title=Georgia Wareham included in Australia's 2019-20 contracts list |publisher=International Cricket Council |access-date=4 April 2019}}</ref> In June 2019, Cricket Australia named her in Australia's team for their [[Australia women's cricket team in England in 2019|tour to England]] to contest the [[Women's Ashes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26890086/sophie-molineux-misses-ashes-squad-tayla-vlaeminck-included |title=Molineux misses Ashes squad, Vlaeminck included |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=4 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jun/04/tayla-vlaeminck-beats-injury-to-make-australian-womens-ashes-squad |title=Tayla Vlaeminck beats injury to make Australian women's Ashes squad |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=3 June 2019 |access-date=4 June 2019}}</ref>

She was awarded the Belinda Clarke Medal at the [[Allan Border Medal]] ceremony by the [[Cricket Australia|CA]] in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cricketaustralia.com.au/about/awards-and-events/australian-cricket-awards|title=Australian Cricket Awards. Cricket Australia|publisher=Cricket Australia|access-date=22 July 2019|archive-date=19 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419042457/https://www.cricketaustralia.com.au/about/awards-and-events/australian-cricket-awards|url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2020, she was named in Australia's squad for the [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]] in Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28491572/sophie-molineux-annabel-sutherland-named-australia-t20-world-cup-squad |title=Sophie Molineux and Annabel Sutherland named in Australia's T20 World Cup squad |work=ESPNcricinfo |date=15 January 2020 |access-date=16 January 2020}}</ref> In Australia's match against [[Bangladesh women's cricket team|Bangladesh]], Healy and [[Beth Mooney]] made an opening partnership of 151 runs, the highest partnership for Australia Women for any wicket in a WT20I match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/au/cricket/news/t20-world-cup-australia-bangladesh-alyssa-healy-beth-mooney-cricket/yls7oho6cqls1qti43066rnqc |title=T20 World Cup: Alyssa Healy and Beth Mooney post Australia's highest ever partnership in T20 against Bangladesh |work=Sporting News |date=27 February 2020 |access-date=27 February 2020}}</ref> In the final, Healy blasted 75 off 39 balls in a player of the match performance, which saw Australia win their 5th title.<ref>{{cite web |title=Full Scorecard of Australia Women v India Women, ICC Women's T20 World Cup, Final - Score Report |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8634/game/1173070/australia-women-vs-india-women-final-icc-womens-t20-world-cup-2019-20 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>

In November 2020, Healy was nominated for the ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Decade award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/30385388/virat-kohli,-kane-williamson,-steven-smith,-joe-root-nominated-icc-men-cricketer-decade-award |title=Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson, Steven Smith, Joe Root nominated for ICC men's cricketer of the decade award |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1908769 |title=ICC Awards of the Decade announced |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=25 November 2020}}</ref> On 7 April 2021, in the second WODI [[Australia women's cricket team in New Zealand in 2020–21|against New Zealand]], Healy played in her 200th international match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/match-report/new-zealand-australia-second-odi-bay-oval-mount-maunganui-world-record-video-highlights/2021-04-07 |title=Aussies cruise to No.23, maintain Rose Bowl dominance |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref>

In January 2022, Healy was named in Australia's squad for their [[English women's cricket team in Australia in 2021–22|series against England]] to contest the [[The Women's Ashes|Women's Ashes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/womens-ashes-2021-22-alana-king-beats-amanda-jade-wellington-to-place-in-australia-s-ashes-squad-1296465 |title=Alana King beats Amanda-Jade Wellington to place in Australia's Ashes squad |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=12 January 2022}}</ref> Later the same month, she was named in Australia's team for the [[2022 Women's Cricket World Cup]] in New Zealand.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-women-odi-world-cup-squad-new-zealand-wellington-molineux-harris-king-selection/2022-01-26 |title=Wellington, Harris return in Australia's World Cup squad |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=26 January 2022}}</ref> In April 2022, she was bought by the [[Northern Superchargers]] for the [[2022 season of The Hundred|2022 season]] of [[The Hundred (cricket)|The Hundred]] in England.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60477088 |title=The Hundred 2022: latest squads as Draft picks revealed |work=BBC Sport |access-date=5 April 2022}}</ref> The following month, Healy was named in Australia's team for the [[Cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|cricket tournament]] at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Birmingham]], England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/australia-womens-cricket-commonwealth-games-squad-announcement-unchanged-lanning-perry-healy-mooney/2022-05-20 |title=Aussies unchanged in quest for Comm Games gold |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=20 May 2022}}</ref>

In December 2023, after the retirement of [[Meg Lanning]] from international cricket, Healy was appointed as [[Captain (cricket)|captain]] of the [[Australia women's national cricket team]] in [[Women's Test cricket|test]], [[Women's One Day International|one day international]] and [[Women's Twenty20 International|Twenty20 International]] cricket.<ref name="The Guardian - 9 December 2023 - Alyssa Healy named new Australia cricket captain across all three formats">{{cite news |title=Alyssa Healy named new Australia cricket captain across all three formats |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/dec/09/alyssa-healy-named-new-australia-captain-across-all-three-formats |access-date=9 December 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=9 December 2023}}</ref>

She was named captain of the Australia squad for the [[2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4096989/australia-women-t20-world-cup-squad-2024-uae-brown-jonassen-healy-litchfield-mcgrath |title=Brown returns but no room for Jonassen in World Cup squad |work=Cricket Australia |access-date=3 October 2024}}</ref> and the [[2024–25 Women's Ashes series|2025 Women's Ashes series]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/4190897/australia-ashes-squad-reveal-england-women-multi-format-series-odi-t20-healy-perry-litchfield-voll-molineux-knee-surgery|title=Molineux faces surgery as Aussies reveal Ashes squad|publisher=Cricket Australia|accessdate=28 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketworld.com/australian-squad-announced-for-historic-commbank-women-s-ashes/100219.htm|title=Australian squad announced for historic CommBank Women’s Ashes|publisher=Cricket World|accessdate=28 December 2024}}</ref>

== Records ==
Between 21 February and 2 August 2019, Healy held the [[Guinness World Record]] for the highest catch of a cricket ball at 82.5m.<ref name="GWR-feb-2019">{{cite web |title=Australian wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy achieves highest cricket ball catch at MCG |url=http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/2/australian-wicket-keeper-alyssa-healy-achieves-highest-cricket-ball-catch-at-mcg-561627 |website=Guinness World Records |date=21 February 2019 |access-date=23 February 2019}}</ref> This was set as part of a campaign to mark one year until the start of the 2020 [[ICC Women's T20 World Cup]]. However, the record has since been surpassed by Kristan Baumgartner, with 114m.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Highest catch of a cricket ball|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/431411-highest-catch-of-a-cricket-ball|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Guinness World Records|language=en-GB}}</ref> Alyssa Healy holds the world record for the most runs in a [[Women's Twenty20 International|Women's T20 International]] with 148* (61) at [[North Sydney Oval]] on 2 October 2019 against Sri Lanka.<ref name="T20I world record"/> On 8 March 2020, Healy recorded the fastest 50 (off 30 balls) in the history of ICC event finals across formats before it was broken by [[Heinrich Klaasen]] in [[2024 Men's T20 World Cup final#Match Details|2024]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/alyssa-healy-breaks-hardik-pandya-s-record-with-brilliant-fifty-in-women-s-t20-world-cup-final/story-iI4t5gcH9pIVRXHMc5ER7O.html|title=Alyssa Healy breaks Hardik Pandya's record with brilliant fifty in Women's T20 World Cup final|date=8 March 2020|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref>

== International centuries ==

=== One Day International centuries ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="7" |Alyssa Healy's One Day International centuries<ref>{{cite web |title=All-round records. Women's One-Day Internationals – A J Healy |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/275486.html?class=9;template=results;type=allround;view=match |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=3 December 2021}}</ref>
|-
! style="width:40px;" |#
! style="width:50px;" |Runs
! style="width:50px;" |Match
! style="width:125px;" |Opponents
! style="width:350px;" |City/Country
! style="width:300px;" |Venue
! style="width:50px;" |Year
|-
|'''1'''
|133
|58
|{{crw|IND}} 
|{{flagicon|IND}} [[Vadodara]], [[India]]
|[[Reliance Stadium]]
|[[Australian women's cricket team in India in 2017–18#3rd WODI|2018]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Full Scorecard of AUS Women vs IND Women 3rd ODI 2017/18 - Score Report  |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/aus-w-in-india-2017-18-1131221/india-women-vs-australia-women-3rd-odi-1131234/full-scorecard |access-date=2 November 2021 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
|-
|'''2'''
|122
|68
|{{crw|WIN}} 
|{{flagicon|ATG}} [[Saint George Parish, Antigua and Barbuda|Saint George]], [[Antigua and Barbuda]]
|[[Coolidge Cricket Ground]]
|[[Australian women's cricket team in the West Indies in 2019–20#1st WODI|2019]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Full Scorecard of AUS Women vs WI Women 1st ODI 2019 - Score Report  |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/aus-w-in-west-indies-2019-1198466/west-indies-women-vs-australia-women-1st-odi-1198472/full-scorecard |access-date=2 November 2021 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
|-
|'''3'''
|112[[not out|*]]
|73
|{{crw|SL}} 
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Brisbane]], [[Australia]]
|[[Allan Border Field]]
|[[Sri Lanka women's cricket team in Australia in 2019–20#3rd WODI|2019]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Full Scorecard of SL Women vs AUS Women 3rd ODI 2019/20 - Score Report  |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sl-w-in-australia-2019-20-1183507/australia-women-vs-sri-lanka-women-3rd-odi-1183515/full-scorecard |access-date=2 November 2021 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
|-
|'''4'''
|129
|93
|{{crw|WIN}} 
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]]
|[[Basin Reserve]]
|[[2022 Women's Cricket World Cup#Semi-finals|2022]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Full Scorecard of AUS Women vs WI Women 1st Semi Final 2021/22 - Score Report  |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-world-cup-2021-22-1219028/australia-women-vs-west-indies-women-1st-semi-final-1243936/full-scorecard |access-date=30 March 2022 |work=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|'''5'''
|170
|94
|{{crw|ENG}}
|{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Christchurch]], [[New Zealand]]
|[[Hagley Oval]]
|[[2022 Women's Cricket World Cup Final|2022]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Full Scorecard of AUS Women vs ENG Women Final 2021/22 - Score Report  |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-women-s-world-cup-2021-22-1219028/australia-women-vs-england-women-final-1243938/full-scorecard |access-date=3 April 2022 |work=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>
|}

=== T20 International centuries ===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="7" |Alyssa Healy's T20 International centuries<ref>{{cite web |title=All-round records. Women's Twenty20 Internationals – A J Healy |url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/player/275486.html?class=10;template=results;type=allround;view=match |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=2 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
! style="width:40px;" |#
! style="width:50px;" |Runs
! style="width:50px;" |Match
! style="width:125px;" |Opponents
! style="width:350px;" |City/Country
! style="width:300px;" |Venue
! style="width:50px;" |Year
|-
|'''1'''
|148[[not out|*]]
|101
|{{crw|SL}} 
|{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
|[[North Sydney Oval]]
|[[Sri Lanka women's cricket team in Australia in 2019–20#3rd WT20I|2019]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Full Scorecard of AUS Women vs SL Women 3rd T20I 2019/20 - Score Report  |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sl-w-in-australia-2019-20-1183507/australia-women-vs-sri-lanka-women-3rd-t20i-1183512/full-scorecard |access-date=2 November 2021 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
|}

==Honours==
===Team===
====International====
* [[ICC Women's World Twenty20|ICC Women's World Twenty20/T20 World Cup]]: [[2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2010]], [[2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2012]], [[2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2014]], [[2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2018]], [[2020 ICC Women's World Twenty20|2020]], [[2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup|2023]]
* [[Women's Cricket World Cup|ICC Women's Cricket World Cup]]: [[2013 Women's Cricket World Cup|2013]],{{efn|name=2013squad|Healy was named in [[2013 Women's Cricket World Cup squads#Australia|the Australian squad]] for the tournament, but did not play a match.}} [[2022 Women's Cricket World Cup|2022]]

====Domestic/franchise====
* [[Women's Big Bash League]]: [[2016–17 Women's Big Bash League season|WBBL{{!}}02]], [[2017–18 Women's Big Bash League season|WBBL{{!}}03]]
* [[Women's National Cricket League]]: [[2007–08 Women's National Cricket League season|2007–08]], [[2008–09 Women's National Cricket League season|2008–09]], [[2009–10 Women's National Cricket League season|2009–10]], [[2010–11 Women's National Cricket League season|2010–11]], [[2011–12 Women's National Cricket League season|2011–12]], [[2012–13 Women's National Cricket League season|2012–13]], [[2013–14 Women's National Cricket League season|2013–14]], [[2014–15 Women's National Cricket League season|2014–15]], [[2016–17 Women's National Cricket League season|2016–17]], [[2017–18 Women's National Cricket League season|2017–18]], [[2018–19 Women's National Cricket League season|2018–19]]

===Individual===
* [[ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year|ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year]]: 2018, 2019
* [[Allan Border Medal#Belinda Clark Award|Belinda Clark Award]]: 2019
* Cricket Australia Women's ODI Player of the Year: 2019
* ICC Women's Player of the Month: April 2021
* [[Women's Big Bash League|WBBL]] Team of the Tournament: [[2018–19 Women's Big Bash League season|WBBL{{!}}04]]

==Personal life==
Healy's [[List of nicknames used in cricket|nickname]] is "Midge". She has said that "Dad gave it to me when I was little, it just stuck!"<ref name="ssmk 2012">{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |title=Commonwealth Bank Southern Stars Media Kit |url=https://docplayer.net/23922250-Southern-stars-media-kit.html |location= |publisher=Cricket Australia |date=2012 |page=11 |access-date=11 June 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220920163415/https://docplayer.net/23922250-Southern-stars-media-kit.html |archive-date=20 September 2022}}</ref>

In 2015, Healy became engaged to fast bowler [[Mitchell Starc]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/cricket/33992804 |title=Ashes: Who will be in Australia's team for 2017–18 series? |work=BBC Sport |access-date=3 September 2015}}</ref>  They were married in April 2016.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cricket.com.au/news/alyssa-healy-mitchell-starc-wedding-sydney-nsw-teammates-lyon-abbot-maddinson-cummins/2016-04-15|title = Starc and Healy tie the knot |publisher=Cricket Australia |date = 15 April 2016| access-date= 22 August 2016}}</ref>  They met each other when they were 9 as Starc started off as a wicketkeeper.<ref>{{Citation|last=sehhwag|title=Mitchell Starc and Alyssa Healy Most Romantic and Interesting Interview|date=3 January 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj8BTypBJYg| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190710105831/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj8BTypBJYg&gl=US&hl=en| archive-date=2019-07-10 | url-status=dead|access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref> Healy and Starc are only the third married couple to play Test cricket, after the English couple the Prideauxs ([[Roger Prideaux|Roger]] and [[Ruth Westbrook|Ruth]]), in the 1950s to 1970, and the Sri Lankan de Alwis couple ([[Guy de Alwis|Guy]] and [[Rasanjali Silva|Rasanjali]]), in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/999959.html|title=Husband-wife Test players, and T20 oldies|date=19 April 2016|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> In March 2020, Starc flew home ahead of the final ODI match [[Australian cricket team in South Africa in 2019–20|against South Africa]], so he could watch Healy play in [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Final|the final]] of the [[2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/28848286/mitchell-starc-leave-south-africa-early-watch-alyssa-healy-women-t20-world-cup-final |title=Mitchell Starc to leave South Africa early to watch Alyssa Healy in Women's T20 World Cup final |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> Healy's brother-in-law is high jumper [[Brandon Starc]].

Healy has a golf [[Handicap (golf)|handicap]] of seven (as of 1 Oct 2019)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=2019-10-01|title=2019 Ranking: Australia's Top Athlete Golfers|url=https://www.australiangolfdigest.com.au/2019-ranking-australias-top-athlete-golfers/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=Australian Golf Digest|language=en-AU}}</ref> and competes against Starc (handicap of ten)<ref name=":0" /> for the annual Stealy Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|date=6 Feb 2018|title=Tweet by @ahealy77|url=https://twitter.com/ahealy77/status/960808483716194304|url-status=live|access-date=10 May 2021|website=[[Twitter]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511133940/https://twitter.com/ahealy77/status/960808483716194304 |archive-date=11 May 2021 }}</ref>

Healy and her husband [[Mitchell Starc]] support the [[Greater Western Sydney Giants]] in the [[Australian Football League]]. She and her husband were named joint number 1 ticket holders in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-03 |title=Starc and Healy Announced as GIANTS’ Next Number One Ticket Holders |url=https://www.gwsgiants.com.au/news/1724795/starc-and-healy-announced-as-giants-next-number-one-ticket-holders#:~:text=Cricket's%20most%20powerful%20couple%20have,next%20number%20one%20ticket%20holders.&text=Mitch%20Starc%20and%20Alyssa%20Healy,joint%20number%20one%20ticket%20holders. |access-date=2025-03-22 |website=gwsgiants.com.au |language=en}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Farrell|first1=Melinda|title=How Alyssa Healy went from slugger to beast|journal=[[The Cricket Monthly]]|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=15 May 2020 |url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1222515/how-alyssa-healy-went-from-slugger-to-beast|access-date=3 July 2020}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Gollapudi |first1=Nagraj |last2=Sudarshanan |first2=S |title=Alyssa Healy is a sore loser and she won't apologise for it |journal=The Cricket Monthly |date=2023-02-02 |url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1355495/alyssa-healy-is-a-sore-loser-and-she-won-t-apologise-for-it |access-date=2023-07-11 |language=en}}
* {{cite journal|last1=Nicholson|first1=Raf|title=Hands, gob, heals|journal=The Cricket Monthly|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=28 January 2019|url=http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1172114/hands--gob--heals|access-date=19 July 2019}}
* {{cite web |last1=Shah |first1=Mohit |title=Alyssa Healy, pacesetter on and off the field |url=https://www.womenscriczone.com/alyssa-healy-pacesetter-on-and-off-the-field |website=Women's CricZone |access-date=14 October 2022 |language=en |date=11 May 2022}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{ESPNcricinfo}}
* {{CricketArchive|archive=20221205203012}}
* [https://www.cricket.com.au/players/alyssa-healy/E5PjETK0NkyL1KIgKRFWtA Alyssa Healy] at [[Cricket Australia|Cricket.com.au]]
* {{Commonwealth Games Australia|alyssa-healy}}
* {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|49120}}
* {{Instagram}}

{{Portal bar|Biography|Cricket|Sports|New South Wales}}
{{Navboxes
 | title = Links to Alyssa Healy-related articles
 | titlestyle = background: gold; color: darkgreen; border: 1px solid darkgreen
 | list =
{{New South Wales Breakers squad}}
{{Sydney Sixers WBBL squad}}
{{UP Warriorz squad}}
{{ICC Women's T20I Cricketer of the Year}}
{{Australian Woman Cricketer of the Year}}
{{Batters who have scored 3000 Runs in Women's ODI Cricket}}
{{Navboxes
 | title = Australia squads
 | titlestyle = background: gold; color: darkgreen; border: 1px solid darkgreen
 | list =
{{Australia Squad 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20}}
{{Australia Squad 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20}}
{{Australia Squad 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup}}
{{Australia Squad 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20}}
{{Australia Squad 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20}}
{{Australia Squad 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup}}
{{Australia Squad 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20}}
{{Australia Squad 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup}}
{{Australia Squad 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup}}
{{Australia Cricket Squad 2022 Commonwealth Games}}
{{Australia Squad 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup}}
{{Australia Squad 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup}}
}}
}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Healy, Alyssa}}
[[Category:1990 births]]
[[Category:Australia women One Day International cricketers]]
[[Category:Australia women Test cricketers]]
[[Category:Australia women Twenty20 International cricketers]]
[[Category:Wicket-keepers]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:New South Wales Breakers cricketers]]
[[Category:People educated at Barker College]]
[[Category:Cricketers from the Gold Coast, Queensland]]
[[Category:Sportswomen from Queensland]]
[[Category:Sydney Sixers (WBBL) cricketers]]
[[Category:Yorkshire Diamonds cricketers]]
[[Category:Australian expatriate cricketers in England]]
[[Category:Yorkshire women cricketers]]
[[Category:IPL Trailblazers cricketers]]
[[Category:UP Warriorz cricketers]]
[[Category:Women's Premier League (cricket) captains]]
[[Category:Australian expatriate cricketers in India]]
[[Category:Cricketers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia]]
[[Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in cricket]]
[[Category:Northern Superchargers cricketers]]
[[Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games]]
[[Category:People educated at MLC School]]