Healy enjoying a spot of WBBL clubbing
THE freedom of the WBBL helped Alyssa Healy bounce back from an indifferent series against India and answer the questions that followed with an emphatic opening innings for Sydney’s Sixers in Hobart.
Healy had made just 69 runs in her past eight T20 innings heading into the opening match of the WBBL and only passed 50 once in seven digs in the multi-series format against India.
The superstar headed to Tasmania off scores of four and four in the final two ODIs and was rolled by one of the bets balls of the series to compound her frustration.
But the 31-year-old settled back into her magenta comfort zone, knowing she had to blast from ball one as her team chased down a rain-reduced total of 99 off just 11 overs.
Healy went from ball one, clubbing her way to 57 runs off just 27 balls, with 11 scintillating boundaries, to help her team easily chase down the Melbourne Stars score.
After her innings, Healy joked that her form had come “four weeks too late”, acknowledging some of the commentary around her batting against India in the multiformat series.
But she said the WBBL provided a whole different platform, one that helped bring out her best.
“I was just looking forward to coming into the Big Bash and playing with freedom, enjoying myself and hopefully playing some good cricket,” Healy said.
“It’s nice to get back out here. I love playing in the WBBL, especially for the Sixers, so it was nice to get out and get a relatively clean game in.”