Alyssa Healy breathed a sigh of reduction after smashing a powerful century in Sunday’s Girls’s World Cup match in Visakhapatnam. Her blistering 142 off 107 balls powered Australia to an exhilarating three-wicket win over India, efficiently chasing down a frightening goal of 331 with six balls to spare on the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium.
Healy’s match-winning knock marked a powerful comeback after a difficult interval. Following the Ashes, she took a break to recuperate from a foot harm and returned for the ODI collection towards India, the place she managed simply 66 runs at a mean of twenty-two. Scores of 19 and 20 towards New Zealand and Pakistan adopted, earlier than she lastly discovered her rhythm in Vizag.
Reflecting on her struggles, Healy admitted she felt utterly out of rhythm and had been pissed off along with her type. Sunday’s efficiency, nevertheless, signaled a well timed return to her finest.
“When you’ve been watching me within the nets, it has been irritating — I’ve felt utterly out of rhythm. I have been struggling to seek out it, and truthfully, I wasn’t positive the place it had gone heading into the World Cup,” Healy stated within the post-match press convention.
“However when you step out on the sphere, these aggressive instincts kick in. You simply lock in and give attention to entering into the competition,” Healy added.
‘It was my day’
Healy scored her sixth ODI hundred, but it surely was her first as Australian captain since taking up from the legendary Meg Lanning. She stated that whereas chasing a goal as large as 331, she wanted to make her begin rely and convert her century into a giant one.
“No, not likely. I used to be simply attempting to contribute. I felt like somebody needed to make 100 to chase that complete down. Clearly, it will’ve been very best for 2 of us to do it to make issues simpler — however as soon as somebody received set, they wanted to money in and make it rely.
“Ultimately, it turned out to be my day. It hasn’t been my day for some time, however at this time it was — and that was actually cool,” Healy added.
Healy will likely be seeking to proceed her spectacular type when Australia face Nigar Sultana Joty’s Bangladesh on Thursday, October 16 in Vizag solely.
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