Alyssa Healy

Alyssa Healy was born on 24 March, 1990 (35 years old) at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. She is a Batter/Wicket-keeper who is currently playing for teams - Australia Women, Governor-General Xl-Women, and New South Wales Breakers Women. Her last appearance was for UP Warriorz on 08 March, 2025.

Alyssa Healy Profile – Age, Full Name & Playing Style

Alyssa Healy is a 35-year-old Australian cricketer. She serves as a wicket-keeping batter and also captains the Australian Women’s Cricket Team. Healy has been one of the most influential cricketers both for Australia and the World in Women’s Cricket.

Full Name, DOB & Age

Alyssa Jean Healy was born on 24^th March 1990. As for 2025, she is currently 35 years of age. Alyssa was born in the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. She spent her childhood growing up in Queensland.

Physical Profile & On-Field Role

Alyssa Healy has a height of 166 m which means she is approximately around 5 ft 5-6in in height. As for her other attributes in physical profile, she is a right-handed batter and her predominant role is that of a wicket-keeper and batter. She likes to play an aggressive brand of cricket and is known to be very quick behind the stumps.

Family Background & Early Life of Alyssa Healy

Sporting Family & Influences

Alyssa Healy hails for a family with its roots deeply engraved into cricket. Her father Greg Healy played cricket for the Queensland team. Her uncle is Ian Healy who was a former Australian wicketkeeper. Ian Healy once held the record for most dismissals in Test cricket. Her another uncle, Ken Healy also played for Queensland. As a result, for a very young age she was introduced to cricket.

Childhood & Early Passion for Cricket

Despite growing up in the Gold Coast, she moved from Queensland to Sydney while growing up. She was not interested in cricket during her childhood. Only after moving to Sydney, did she develop the knack for playing cricket.

Education & Junior Cricket Journey

Schooling & First Recognition

Alyssa Healy attended the MLC School in Sydney. After passing from her high school, she moved to Barker College in Sydney. At an age of 16 years, she got selected for the Barker college for the New South Wales where she got selected among the boys. In 2007, she got selected in the U19 category for New South Wales.

Youth Cricket & State Debut

Alyssa Healy’s youth cricket began in the 2007-08 season. She made her domestic one-day debut for New South Wales Breakers. She went on to win the title after their team topped the table as the qualifiers were wasted off. She then played 2 domestic T20 matches and was then ultimately was selected for the U23 Australian Cricket team.

Domestic & WBBL Career

NSW Breakers & Domestic Impact

Alyssa Healy was a domestic star. She played aggressive cricket and went on to win multiple domestic National Cricket league titles. These included the domestic one-day title and T20 title.

Sydney Sixers Journey

Alyssa Healy went on to become an important figure in WBBL history. During the inception year in 2015, she played a crucial figure for Sydney Sixers. She went on to score big runs and was crucial in her team’s success. Her highest score in WBBL came against Adelaide Strikers when she went on to score 112* runs from just 69 deliveries.

International Career – Debut & Highlights

International Debut & Rise

Healy has been with the Australia Women’s Cricket Team since 2010. She went on to make her ODI debut against England back on 10^th February 2010. Then she got her debut in T20I cricket on 21^st February 2010 against New Zealand. Her Test debut came a year later on 22 January 2011 against England.

Career-Defining Innings

Alyssa Healy was a different beast in the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20. She became the highest run getter. She scored 225 runs, and was also named the player of the tournament.

Another highlight of her international career came in the 2022 Women’s ODI World Cup final. She single handedly score 170 runs as Australia went on to score 356 runs with 5 wickets against England.        

Alyssa Healy Personal Life & Relationships

Marriage to Mitchell Starc

Alyssa Healy got engaged to Australian pacer Mitchell Starc in 2015. Then again in April 2016, she married Starc. The couple had known each other since they were 9 years old as Starc too started his cricketing career as a wicketkeeper.

Off-Field Lifestyle

Alyssa Healy is an avid golfer and often takes part golfing sessions with other cricketers. She also takes a liking towards surfing. Among other interests, Healy is a strong advocator for gender equality in sports. Meanwhile, she is also a huge dog-lover and often posts pictures of her dogs on social media.

Fitness, Mental Strength & Injury Management

Injuries & Comebacks

Alyssa Healy has had her fair share of injuries. She overcame a calf injury in 2023 and went on to lead her country in the Ashes. During last year’s T20 World Cup, she suffered a foot injury and then a knee injury cut short her WBBL stint in 2025.

Training Approach

Healy adopts a flexible training method where she mixes strength and conditioning. She also tweaks her wicketkeeping techniques. She also makes a few changes to her training regime to focus on her aggressive batting as well.

Alyssa Healy Net Worth, Earnings & Endorsements

Estimated Net Worth

It is believed that Alyssa Healy’s estimated net worth in 2024 was close to ₹16.77 crore. Her majority of her earnings comes from her Cricket Australia contract. Furthermore, she has endorsements and contracts from WBBL and the WPL.

Brand Partnerships

Alyssa Healy has quite a few partnerships with some reputable brands. Some for important brands include the likes of RAYDEL, HCLTech along with the likes of Adidas and Nature's Gift.

Social Media & Public Persona

Instagram & Twitter Highlights

Healy is quite a fan following on social media. On Instagram she has a followers list of 239K. Her Instagram handle is a_healy. On her Twitter, she has 76.6K followers. Her Twitter handle is @ahealy77.

Media & Public Speaking

Alyssa Healy is quite outspoken and is a regular guest on “The Grade Cricketer” podcast. She, along with her husband Mitchell Starc, has been quite prominent in the podcast.

Awards, Records & Recognitions

• Belinda Clark Award winner (2019, 2020)
• ICC Women’s T20I Player of the Year (2018)
• Most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a single Women’s World Cup

Trivia & Fun Facts

• First female to play in Barker College’s 1st XI boys’ cricket team
• Known for competitive banter on-field
• Once played a charity match with a borrowed bat and scored 50+