Alyssa Healy competes 3000 T20I runs, becomes fastest to achieve this feat

Records tumble for the Australian skipper Alyssa Healy in their 2nd game against New Zealand in the 2024 T20 World Cup.

The veteran 34-year-old wicket-keeper batter Alyssa Jean Healy, hailing from Queensland succeeded the legend of the caliber of Meg Lanning at the helm. She took over the leadership duties for Australia, after a shocking call of international retirement from Meg Lanning late last year.

Alyssa Healy competes 3000 T20I runs, becomes fastest to achieve this feat. PC: Getty

The current skipper of the Australian team, Alyssa Healy has achieved multiple milestones in their first game of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 against Sri Lanka. She made her international debut on 10th February 2010 in an ODI against New Zealand. She has amassed over 3,000 runs (3,011 runs in 98 innings) in the ODI format at a strike rate of 97.98 and an average of 34.60. Her tally of runs includes 17 half-centuries and five half-centuries so far in the format. Her best performance with the bat came on 3rd April 2022 in the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2022 against England when she scored a sensational century (170 off 138 balls). She played a crucial role in helping her side clinch another World Cup title.

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Australia skipper Alyssa Healy completes 3000 T20I runs 👏

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She made her T20I debut on 21st February 2010 against New Zealand. She has amassed over 3,000 runs (3017 in 142 innings) in the T20I format at a strike rate of 129.48 and an impressive average of 25.14. Her tally of runs includes 17 half-centuries and one century. Her best performance with the bat in the format for her side came on 2nd October 2019, when she played an exceptional innings (148* off 61 balls) scoring an unbeaten century against Sri Lanka at the North Sydney Oval, Oval.

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Across both the white-ball formats (ODIs and T20Is), she has surpassed the 6,000 runs mark at the international level for Australia. She achieved the milestone on the 3rd ball of the run chase when she smashed a boundary off the bowling of Udeshika Prabodhani. In their first game of the tournament against Sri Lanka in the ongoing 9th edition of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.

She made her debut in the red-ball format on 22nd January 2011 against England at the Bankstown Oval Sydney. She has scored 455 runs at a strike rate of 57.44 and a decent average of 30.33 in 15 innings. Her tally of runs includes three half-centuries. Her best performance with the bat for her side in the format came on 15th February 2024 at the Western Australia Cricket Association Ground (W.A.C.A) against South Africa when she scored (99 off 124 balls) with the bat for her side.

She completed 3,000 T20I runs in the 2nd game of their campaign against New Zealand at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium. Skipper Alyssa Healy won the toss and opted to bat first. She reached the landmark on the 4th ball of the 3rd over bowled by Fran Jonas. She used her bottom hand to play the ball through mid-wicket for a couple of runs to get to her milestone in the T20I format. She also became the fastest to 3,000 T20I runs in terms of balls faced (2,321 balls) surpassing India’s Smriti Mandhana (2,461 balls).