Australian captain Alyssa Healy has put an exclamation mark on her one-day international career, destroying the Indian attack on Sunday in Hobart.
Fellow wicketkeeper Beth Mooney also scored an unbeaten ton as Australia amassed 7-409, their highest domestic score and only three short of the home side’s overall record.
Healy’s imperious 158 is the highest women’s one-day score against India and the highest women’s one-day international innings in Australia. Mooney then scored her century with three balls left and reached 106 not out.
Alyssa Healy of Australia celebrates getting to her century.Credit: Getty Images
The Indians formed a guard of honour for Healy’s last one-day international innings, with the opener retiring from all cricket after the upcoming Perth Test.
Healy started cramping in the 80s, but that only seemed to fire her up more. The 35-year-old great belted 27 fours and two sixes in her 98-ball masterclass.
It was her eighth one-day international ton, equalling Karen Rolton and behind only Meg Lanning’s 15 as the most by an Australian.
She was bowled trying a trick shot off an innocuous full toss from Sneh Rana, just 12 runs shy of her highest one-day international score.
After a loose shot cost fellow opener Phoebe Litchfield her wicket for 14, Georgia Voll continued her excellent form with 62 in a second-wicket stand of 104 with Healy.
Mooney then joined the pile-on in a 145-run partnership with her skipper.
“It was a pleasure to be out there with her,” Mooney told Channel 7 about their partnership.
“I’ve seen that a few times in her career … wherever they bowl the ball she seems to find a way to get the ball to the ropes.
“To finish like that I hope she looks back and is really proud of her career. To be able to do that in her last ODI is unreal.”
No.9 Nicola Carey belted an unbeaten 34 from 15 balls to help Mooney finish off the innings and ensure Australia passed 400. Mooney only needed 84 balls for her century, hitting 10 fours and a six.
India did not help their cause with some loose bowling and below-par fielding, although Kashvee Gautam took an excellent catch on the boundary rope late in the innings to dismiss Tahlia McGrath for two. Rana and Sree Charani took two wickets apiece.
Not to be outdone, Beth Mooney also delivered a century for Australia.Credit: Getty Images
Left-arm fast bowler Lucy Hamilton was named for her Australia debut as India won the toss.
The Queenslander and Georgia Wareham came into the side for Megan Schutt, who is ill, and Darcie Brown.
The tourists made three changes – Renuka Thakur, Harleen Deol and Rana replaced Kranti Gaud, Amanjot Kaur and Vaishnavi Sharma.
Australia went into Sunday’s game leading the multi-format series six points to four. After India took out the T20s two games to one, the hosts have won the two ODIs.
Also on Sunday, Australia announced that all-rounder Kim Garth will return home as she continues her rehabilitation from a quad injury.
Garth is yet to resume bowling, but will rejoin the team in WA ahead of the Test match starting March 6.
Healy sweeps with precision.Credit: Getty Images
AUSTRALIA: Alyssa Healy (capt), Phoebe Litchfield, Georgia Voll, Beth Mooney (wk), Annabel Sutherland, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Georgia Wareham, Nicola Carey, Alana King, Lucy Hamilton
INDIA: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (capt), Jemimah Rodrigues, Richa Ghosh (wk), Deepti Sharma, Kashvee Gautam, Sree Charani, Sneh Rana, Renuka Singh Thakur.
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