Despite the fact Healy played just one international match during April, the 32-year-old wicketkeeper-batter stood out by dominating the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup final at the start of the month.
Healy scored 170 from just 138 deliveries in the World Cup final to guide Australia to the title and in the process ensure she beat England batter Nat Sciver and Uganda all-rounder Janet Mbabazi for the monthly ICC award.
Healy’s innings during the World Cup decider was high on skill and class as she scored at will against a world-class England bowling attack.
JP Duminy, Lisa Sthalekar in awe of Alyssa Healy’s brilliance
The right-handed opener put on 160 for the first wicket with Rachael Haynes and then another 156 with Beth Mooney for the second wicket as Australia amassed a sizeable score of 356/5 with the bat.
That was always going to be difficult for England to chase down, as Australia restricted their rivals to 285 in reply to clinch a seventh World Cup title at Hagley Oval in Christchurch.
Voting panel member and four-time World Cup winner Lisa Sthalekar was in awe of how good Healy’s performance was on the big stage.
“For those that were at the game or tuned in across the globe, they saw something extremely special in a World Cup Final,” Sthalekar said.
