Women's WC: 'A couple of beers did the trick!' — Healy reveals recovery secret

Alyssa Healy’s blistering 142 powered Australia to the highest palmy pursuit successful women’s ODI history, arsenic they hunted down 331 runs to decision India by 3 wickets.The Australian captain, speaking connected the Willow Talk podcast, shared however her “grumpiness” drove her to the superb knock, however she battled done full-body cramps, and however a mates of beers helped her regain afloat fitness.

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“I deliberation to pursuit down the highest one-day full successful the women’s crippled — successful a World Cup, successful a large infinitesimal — was a bully spot to be. It was a large crippled for some sides, truthful to cognize we could propulsion ourselves implicit the enactment was beauteous cool,” Healy said.Talking astir the conditions successful Visakhapatnam, she added: “It’s a small blistery and humid implicit here, arsenic it traditionally is successful India. Not a batch of breeze disconnected the ocean, sadly, truthful it was pugnacious work. At 1 point, I had a full-body cramp erstwhile I yet got out.“I was successful the alteration country and didn’t cognize what to bash — whether to prevarication down oregon conscionable beryllium there. But thankfully, I consciousness good now. Funnily enough, the forearm cramp came again — thankfully lone successful my bottommost hand, truthful I could inactive negociate with the apical hand. Maybe it adjacent helped my cricket!”“After I got backmost to the alteration room, the aerial conditioner was on, and erstwhile I stopped moving, my assemblage decided to wholly unopen down. But that was good — we got the important portion done, which is what matters.”

Healy humorously described the country that followed: “It wasn’t conscionable maine there. Megan Schutt was around, and our manager was sitting nearby, moving connected her laptop. Suddenly, I was like, uh-oh — everything started to prehend up. She asked if I was good oregon if I needed help, and I said, ‘No, I’m fine.’ But past the cramp took implicit my full body, and I curled up successful a ball.“Next minute, the physio came moving in. I had nary thought however she knew! Turns out, the manager had texted her for help.

But it was each good successful the end.”Podcast big Adam Peacock took a sly excavation astatine Healy’s unsocial betterment method, referencing Mel Jones’ post-match question astir crystal baths and pickle juice.“There whitethorn person been a mates of beers connected crystal erstwhile we got back,” Healy laughed. “So I thought that was the cleanable betterment tool.”