Australia's fiery opener Alyssa Healy scripted history after hitting the highest ever ODI innings of all time in the finals of ICC women's cricket World Cup 2022. Playing against the defending champions England, Alyssa smashed 170 runs off just 138 deliveries. Meanwhile, she also scripted the world record of the greatest score by both men and women cricketers in the World Cup.
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While playing her historical knock, Alyssa Healy easily surpassed the previous record in women's cricket; Karen Rolton's 107* against India in 2005. She continued her innings for some time and went ahead to move forward and also break records of legends like Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, and Viv Richards. She hit 26 boundaries to amass the runs. Her brilliant knock helped her to register the most runs (509) by an individual at a Women's World Cup tournament.
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The Australian cricketer is now the first and the only cricketer; both male, and female, to smash a ton in both semi-final and final matches of a World Cup. She roke and wrote records after records in the past tournament.