Australia Women’s team captain, Alyssa Healy, has opened up about her retirement plans and her wish to bring the upcoming ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup title back to Australia.
Healy is set to be part of the Australia A squad that will face India A in Queensland in August.
Fitness-wise, the Aussie skipper has faced several setbacks recently. First, she suffered a foot injury and missed matches in the T20 World Cup 2024. Then, her WBBL season was cut short due to a knee issue. During the Ashes, she also missed games because of a stress fracture in the same foot.
As a result, she opted out of the ODI series in New Zealand and missed the entire WPL season as well. However, she is now said to be fit. According to her, these injury setbacks have delayed her retirement plans for the time being.
While speaking to AAP, Healy said, “It’s probably shifted a little bit. It’s made me realise that I still want to do a little bit more than maybe what I thought. At the same time, sometimes there’s stuff in life that are a little bit more important than pulling on the green and gold. So it’s just a constant reassess.”
“My aim is to play every game of that World Cup.” – Healy
She added that, for now, her goal is to play a home summer and aim for the World Cup. “But at the moment I definitely want to play a home summer. I want to bring the World Cup home, but also to play against India (in February-March),” she said.
India is set to tour Australia in February-March 2026 for one Test, three ODIs, and three T20Is.
Talking about her path to the upcoming World Cup, Healy shared: “That was one of my goals, putting a timeline on it and saying this is where I could take this group, even not knowing what I was going to do personally. It definitely was a big focus of mine, to get the group to a place to compete at this World Cup, and win the trophy.”
She further said, “It’s not so much about the captaincy (driving me), or ticking one more box. It’s just that I want to win a World Cup for Australia, and no one has gone back-to-back, which is a real motivator.”
Speaking about her fitness and wicketkeeping duties heading into the ODI World Cup, Healy added: “According to science, the ODI World Cups is one of the heaviest loads that we go through as cricketers. My aim is to play every game of that World Cup. So to make sure I can do that’s important.”
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