Healy plunders 158 off 98 balls in final ODI; Australia pile up 409

Beth Mooney also struck an unbeaten century as India's bowlers were flayed around Hobart

Alex Malcolm

Published: Mar 1, 2026, 3:42 AM (6 hrs ago)

Australia 409 for 7 (Healy 158, Mooney 106*, Voll 62) vs India

Alyssa Healy produced a fairytale farewell to ODI cricket with a stunning 158 from 98 balls in her final innings while Beth Mooney made an unbeaten century as Australia posted a dizzying 409 for 7 against India in Hobart.

Healy, who battled a calf problem in the second half of her innings, produced a vintage performance the equal of any of her best innings across a glittering career. She smashed 27 fours and two sixes in a staggering display to become just the sixth woman, and second Australian, to post two 150-plus scores in ODIs and the second fastest 150 off 95 balls. It was also the highest score in a women's ODI in Australia, the highest anywhere against India, and she joined Johmari Logtenberg as the only other woman to score a century in their final ODI.

Mooney played the silent partner in a 145-run stand with Healy but then picked up the slack to reach her sixth ODI century in the final over off just 82 balls and finished with 106 from 84. Australia had lost 4 for 37 at the start of the last 10 but Nicola Carey smashed 34 not out off 15 to help Australia race past 400.

Healy was earlier supported well by Georgia Voll who made 62 from 52 in a 104-run stand. India's bowlers had a difficult day with Shree Charani becoming only the third woman to concede 100-plus runs in an ODI innings. She was one of three bowlers to concede more than 80 runs in the innings, doubling the number of India bowlers to have ever conceded that many.

Extraordinarily, Healy's innings began by facing a maiden from Renuka Singh after she had walked through a guard of honour from India having been sent into bat. A trademark pull shot off Kashvee Gautam got her innings going. She added two more boundaries before receiving a slice of luck off Renuka when an lbw shout was given not out but DRS revealed it was umpire's call on hitting leg stump.

The close call sharpened her focus. She played with great control to reach 50 off 49 balls.

Voll outpaced her skipper, continuing the crisp ball-striking she showed during her century in the second ODI on the same surface on Friday. But again, she needed some fortune to get started and to get to fifty.

She edged two of her first three balls for four off Gautam with both flying wide of slip. She cruised to 48 before chipping Gautam to cover where Harmanpreet Kaur dropped a straightforward chance diving forward after misjudging the flight.

Voll reached 50 off 42 three balls later and thumped two more boundaries off Charani. But the return of Sneh Rana forced an error. First ball Voll jumped down to whip over midwicket and miscued wastefully to long-on with Harleen Deol holding on.

Healy felt her calf not long after and started unfurling a full array of pulls, sweeps, glides and lofted drives over cover and mid-on. She had another slice of luck when Rana missed a difficult chance at short fine that went untouched to the fence.

Healy reached her eighth ODI century, the equal second-most for an Australian woman, off just 79 balls. Her assault on Charani immediately after was vicious. She took 23 off an over including four strikes over the off-side ring and a slog sweep over long-on. She followed that with another slog sweep off Deepti Sharma that landed in the dugout.

She needed just 16 balls to go from 100 to 150. A double century looked on, but her calf was clearly a problem. After a dazzling display of conventional strokeplay she attempted a bizarre premeditated reverse paddle sweep to a rank full toss from Rana and was bowled behind her back with 13.3 overs left in the innings.

Mooney's innings mirrored Healy's in many ways. She was 2 off 12 and before accelerating to reach 50 off 53. But her second fifty took just 29 balls as she showcased her incredible 360-degree skills.

She only struck 10 boundaries and one six but no two boundaries went in the same zone as she faced just two dot balls in her last 40 to finish off the innings alongside Carey, who thumped 22 from Charani's last over including a stunning reverse sweep for six over point.

Before the match, Australia handed a debut to left-arm quick Lucy Hamilton.

Alex Malcolm is an associate editor at ESPNcricinfo

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