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Ashleigh Gardner and Ellyse Perry carried Alyssa Healy off the sector as she retired from international cricket. Australia won by 10 wickets against India within the pink-ball Test.
Alyssa Healy gets chaired off after her international retirement (Picture credit: Screengrab from X)
Star Australian all-rounders Ashleigh Gardner and Ellyse Perry carried Alyssa Healy on their shoulders, because the latter bid goodbye to international cricket, leading her team to an enormous 10-wicket win against India within the one-off pink-ball Test.
Healy didn’t get a farewell knock, but Australia’s spinners ensured her international profession ended well, with the hosts sealing a commanding 10-wicket win.
Gardner and Alana King claimed two wickets each to bowl India out for a modest 149 in only over an hour on Sunday morning on the WACA Ground, with first-drop Pratika Rawal the ultimate wicket after a determined 137-ball innings of 63.
After the win, Gardner and Perry were seen taking to their knees as they helped Healy sit on their shoulders, with some help from Tahlia McGrath and Darcie Brown. Watch the video here:
All eyes were on Healy, with many wondering if emotion would take over and the retiring captain can be bumped up the order for one final international knock.
Healy, nevertheless, was blissful to depart the responsibility to the brand new generation, Georgia Voll and Phoebe Litchfield.
Voll avoided a duck by overturning an early LBW call, while Litchfield was dropped on nine, however the two 22-year-olds needed lower than five overs to bag a 10-wicket win.
Healy, who stayed out of sight within the dressing room in the course of the transient chase, later admitted the emotion of her retirement had hit her. She reemerged to shake hands with the Indian cricketers before being carried off the sector by Perry and Gardner.
Australia accomplished a dominant comeback within the multi-format series, overturning a 2-4 deficit after the T20I leg to clinch the general trophy 12-4.
March 08, 2026, 13:32 IST
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