Australia Captain Alyssa Healy Retires from International Cricket After India Series Following WPL Snub

Australian captain Alyssa Healy has revealed that she is retiring from all formats of international cricket after the home series against India, which will be played in the month of February-March. She confirmed that she would not be participating in the T20Is due to the team’s preparation for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2026 this year, but she would be leading the Aussie side in the ODIs and the day-night Test match to be played at Perth.

Former Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy's Niece, Alyssa Healy, made her international debut in 2010 at age 19 in a home series against New Zealand. Healy will retire after playing 162 T20Is, 126 ODIs, and 11 Tests for Australia. In T20Is, she will retire with the record of taking 126 wickets.

×

Alyssa Healy Wicketkeeper

Alyssa Healy is an explosive Australian right-handed wicketkeeper-batter known for her aggressive opening style, representing Australia Women, NSW Breakers, and Sydney Sixers (WBBL).

×

Australia Founded: 1877

The Australian cricket team is the joint oldest team in Test cricket history and has a tremendous record in one-dayers, having won more than 60% of the matches they have played.

Meg Lanning, the successful full-time captain in 2023, after her retirement, Alyssa Healy took the captaincy. Her most notable achievement as captain is that she captained her team to an Ashes whitewash victory with an unbeaten streak of 16-0 against England. The Australian team has also entered the semi-finals in the Women’s T20 World Cup in 2024 and the Women’s World Cup in 2025.

Even today, considered one among the most destructive batter and the best wicket-keeper the women’s cricket arena has seen, she has been a part of eight ICC World Cup-winning teams six in T20 and two in ODI and has broken records for the highest individual team output in the World Cup finals and the record for the most number of wicket-keeper dismissals in the women’s T20Is. Moreover, in the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Australia won a gold medal.

A legend of Australian cricket from day one 🌟

Read more 👉 https://t.co/BtZj1RwlsJ pic.twitter.com/rET06aoUE6

— ICC (@ICC) January 13, 2026

Her individual awards are the Belinda Clark award in 2019 and two ICC Women’s T20I Cricketers of the Year awards in 2018 and 2019. At the domestic side, Healy has represented the Sydney Sixers and made over 3,000 runs in 11 seasons with the Women’s Big Bash League. Healy equally featured in the Women’s Premier League and led the side known as the UP Warriorz.

“It’s with a mix of emotions that I look to the Indian series being my last series playing for Australia,” said Healy. “While I love playing internationals, I look at the competitiveness I have maintained over the years, and I’m not sure it’s there anymore.”

“I am not travelling to the T20 World Cup this year, and, with the limited preparation time the team has, I am not set to play the T20 against India. But I am looking forward to concluding my career by leading the ODI and the Test side on home soil in one of the biggest series on the calendar.”

Alyssa Healy said that,

“But personally, I will really miss my teammates, singing our team song, and leading out to open the batting for Australia. To have the opportunity to wear the green and gold one last time for this series is a true honour,”

Cricket Australia Chief Executive Todd Greenberg has commended the effect Healy has had on the game, labelling her “one of the all-time greats” of the game.

×

Quentin Sampson Earns Maiden Call-Up as West Indies Announce Squad for Afghanistan T20 Series Quentin Sampson has been picked for the first time in the West Indies senior team.

by Shekhar January 13, 2026