Daily Current Affairs / Australia captain Alyssa Healy announces retirement from international cricket:
Category : Sports Published on: January 15 2026
Australia women’s team captain Alyssa Healy has declared her retirement from all formats of international cricket ahead of the T20 World Cup 2026. The 35-year-old enjoyed a remarkable T20I career of nearly 15 years, scoring 3,054 runs at an impressive strike rate of 129.79. Since making her international debut in February 2010, Healy has won six T20 World Cups and two ODI World Cups in 2013 and 2022, bringing an illustrious era in Australian women’s cricket to a close.
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