Alyssa Healy Receives Lap Of Honour At SCG As She Announces Retirement: Watch

Australian great Alyssa Healy was honoured with a lap of honour at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Friday, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to the Sydney Sixers in the Women’s Big Bash

League (WBBL). Healy has confirmed her retirement from all forms of cricket.

Healy has featured in 129 WBBL matches, scoring 3,125 runs at an average of 25.82 and a strike rate of 133.71. Her tally includes a highest score of 112 not out, five centuries and 15 half-centuries, along with 60 catches and 45 stumpings.

Congratulations on a stellar career, Alyssa Healy!

A lap of honour for the Aussie & Sixers icon at the SCG 🫶 #BBL15 pic.twitter.com/ALEWoUnBVH

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) January 16, 2026

Healy announced her retirement on January 13, ahead of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026. The upcoming home series against India in February–March will be her final assignment in Australia colours. The 35-year-old confirmed the decision on the Willow Talk podcast.

“Officially coming out today, that you hear this, actually retiring from cricket at the end of the Indian series. Not an easy decision, but had to be made at some point,” Healy said.

She added that the decision had been in the making for some time, describing the past few years as mentally demanding due to recurring injuries.

“It’s been a long time coming. The last few years have probably been more mentally draining than anything else. A few injuries. I’ve got to dive into the well, and the well is getting less and less full of water. Getting harder to dive back in there,” she said.

India are scheduled to tour Australia for three T20Is, three ODIs and a one-off Test. Healy will miss the T20I leg as Australia begin preparations for the T20 World Cup, but will play the ODIs before bringing the curtain down on her career with the Test at the WACA from March 6–9. Healy is an eight-time World Cup winner, having lifted six T20 World Cups and two ODI World Cups.

(With Agency Inputs)