Alyssa Healy belts second ball of women’s Hundred for six, but her team falls short in season opener – Michmutters
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Alyssa Healy belts second ball of women’s Hundred for six, but her team falls short in season opener

Alyssa Healy has hit the first six of the women’s Hundred, England’s latest short-format domestic competition, but also became the first wicket as her franchise team lost heavily at The Oval.

Healy made 15 off seven balls as Northern Superchargers reached 5-143 from their 100 balls, with India’s Jemimah Rodrigues hitting 51 off 32 balls and South Africa’s Laura Wolvaardt 49 off 39.

Oval Invincibles, the defending champions, made short work of the target, with Lauren Winfield-Hill, who played for Superchargers last year, cracking an unbeaten 74 off 42 balls and putting on 104 for the first wicket with New Zealand’s Suzie Bates (46 off 3. 4).

English tyro Alice Capsey, on her 18th birthday, then came in to smash 25 off eight balls to clinch a nine-wicket victory with 16 balls to spare.

Healy is one of the biggest overseas players in the tournament’s second season — the debut year featured few Australians because of COVID-19.

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