Australian opener Alyssa Healy scores record Twenty20 hundred against Sri Lanka
Records tumbled as Alyssa Healy produced a brutal display of hitting at North Sydney Oval to lead Australia to a Twenty20 series clean sweep over Sri Lanka. HIGHLIGHTS.
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Alyssa Healy set a new mark for the fastest Twenty20 hundred by an Australian with a jaw-dropping display of hitting in Australia’s emphatic win over Sri Lanka on Wednesday.
Two days after featuring in her 100th international T20, Healy eclipsed Aaron Finch’s 47-ball hundred against England in 2013 with a blistering ton at North Sydney Oval.
The opener reached triple figures in 46 balls on her way to the highest individual score by an Australian woman in T20s.
Star teammate Ellyse Perry was full of praise for the stunning knock.
“It was outrageous. Very much (Healy’s) style I think,” Perry said.
“Incredible display of batting and just awesome to watch as well.”
There it is! Alyssa Healy absolutely CRUNCHES a six straight down the ground to overtake Meg Lanning's record of 133 for highest EVER T20I score!
— Australian Women's Cricket Team ðŸ (@AusWomenCricket) October 2, 2019
And she's not done yet...#AUSvSL pic.twitter.com/kDXGyk8rWD
The Australians amassed 2-226 against Sri Lanka thanks to Healy’s heroics as she clubbed 148 from 61 balls.
“Just one of those days where everything seemed to come out of the middle,” she told Channel 7.
The Aussie keeper motored to her half-century from 25 balls and accelerated after raising the bat.
Her next 50 came from only 21 deliveries as Australia wrapped up a 3-0 series triumph in style with a commanding 132-run win.
WHAT A PLAYER! Alyssa Healy has her maiden T20I hundred, and it's the the fastest ever T20I ton by an Australian woman or man - coming off just 46 balls!
— Australian Women's Cricket Team ðŸ (@AusWomenCricket) October 2, 2019
Unreal. #AUSvSL pic.twitter.com/uoIBscpMqX
Her innings included 19 fours and seven sixes as she passed teammate Meg Lanning’s 133 against England in July.
“I thought she might have faced a few more in the last few overs, but I told her I was coming for her,” Healy said.
“It came off in the end. Just good to see we got a really good total on the board again.”
West Indian Deandra Dottin holds the record for the fastest ton in Women’s T20 internationals, set in 2010 when she hammered a 38-ball hundred against South Africa.
Alyssa Healy scored 148* off 61 balls today – the highest individual score in women's T20Is 🙌
— T20 World Cup (@T20WorldCup) October 2, 2019
Her hundred came off just 46 balls and was the fastest by an Australian 🤯
I bet all of you are excited to watch her bat in the #T20WorldCup next year! pic.twitter.com/HipyDAJdiS
HEALY HEROICS
— 148 runs off 61 balls
— Highest individual score in Women’s T20 Internationals; passing Aussie teammate Meg Lanning’s 133.
— Fastest T20 international century by an Australian (46 balls); passing Aaron Finch’s record (47 balls).
— Healy’s knock included 19 fours and seven sixes.