{"id":486929,"date":"2026-01-12T19:01:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T20:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=486929"},"modified":"2026-01-12T21:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:20:16","slug":"aussie-captain-healy-announces-retirement-from-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=486929","title":{"rendered":"Aussie captain Healy announces retirement from cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\ufeffustralian women's cricket<\/a> captain Alyssa Healy<\/a> has announced her retirement from the game.<\/p>\n

Healy will call it quits following a multi-format series against India, which concludes with a Test match in Perth in early March.<\/p>\n

The 35-year-old broke the news on the Willow Talk<\/em> podcast.<\/p>\n

"I've got news," she said.<\/p>\n

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"Officially, I'm actually retiring from cricket at the end of the India series.<\/p>\n

"Please don't make me cry\ufeff," she said to fellow former player Brad Haddin and podcast host Adam Peacock.<\/p>\n

"It had to happen eventually."\ufeff<\/p>\n

Healy, from Sydney, made her debut for Australia in 2010 and has amassed 295 matches for her country across three formats.<\/p>\n

\"Australia<\/p>\n

\ufeffShe will skip the three Twenty20 matches against India, meaning she won't have the chance to play in Sydney one final time.<\/p>\n

Healy became captain of the team in 2023 and plans to retain that responsibility for the three ODIs and one Test match against India, before passing the title to a teammate.<\/p>\n

\ufeffShe joked her retirement was decided when her husband, Mitchell Starc, hit a hole in one at their local golf course over the weekend.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffMitch got a hole in one the other day and I realised my golf is actually shit, and I need to improve that," she laughed.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffCricket needs to take a bit of a back seat and I need to go work on my golf.<\/p>\n

"No, it\ufeff's been a long time coming. The last few years has probably been more mentally draining than anything else.<\/p>\n

"\ufeffA few injuries. I had to dive into the well a few times, and that well is getting less and less full with water, so (it's) harder to dive back in there.<\/p>\n

"Having the opportunity to finish at home against India, which is one of the biggest series for us, I thought was a really cool way to finish.<\/p>\n

\"India's<\/p>\n

"Obviously\ufeff that means I won't be going to the (2027) T20 World Cup, so there might be a little bit of change you might see during that (India) series and some leadership stuff leading into the World Cup."<\/p>\n

Healy will retire as the most prolific wicketkeeper in the history of the women's game, already boasting 296 dismissals behind the stumps at international level.<\/p>\n

She won Australia's Belinda Clark Medal in 2019 and was twice named the world's best T20I women's player.<\/p>\n

\ufeff"Alyssa is one of the all-time greats of the game and has made an immeasurable contribution both on and off the field over her 15-year career," Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg said in a statement on Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

"On behalf of Australian cricket, I'd like to thank Alyssa and congratulate her on an incredible career that has inspired so many and changed the game for the better.<\/p>\n

"We look forward to celebrating her achievements throughout the series against India."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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