Alyssa Healy RULED OUT of Women’s World Cup 2025? Australia captain suffers calf injury

Australia Women's National Cricket Team have suffered a massive blow as their captain, Alyssa Healy, has suffered a serious injury in the middle of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025.

Alyssa Healy has picked up a calf injury and has been ruled out of the high-profile match of the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 against the England Women's National Cricket Team.

Australia anxious about Alyssa Healy's availability for the semi-final

On Tuesday, October 21, Cricket Australia (CA) revealed that Alyssa Healy's calf injury will rule her out of the match against England that will be played on Wednesday, October 23, at the Holkar Cricket Stadium in Indore.

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In the absence of Healy, Tahlia McGrath will be doing the captain's duties and leading the Australian team, while Beth Mooney will take over the wicketkeeping gloves.

Also, with Alyssa Healy dropping out of the playing XI, the 22-year-old opener Georgia Voll is expected to replace her in the side. Australia would be hoping that their skipper recovers quickly, as they are likely to play their semi-final match on October 29 in Guwahati.

Australia undefeated in the ICC Women's World Cup 2025

The Aussies entered the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2025 as one of the hot favorites to lift the championship, and so far, they have played an exceptional brand of cricket.

Australia are one of two undefeated teams in the tournament alongside England and have already qualified for the semi-finals of the marquee tournament.

They started off their tournament with a dominant 89-run win over New Zealand, and their next match against Sri Lanka was washed out in Colombo.

After that, Australia beat Pakistan by 107 runs, India by 3 wickets, and Bangladesh by 10 wickets to register a hat-trick of wins. In the match against Bangladesh, the Aussies chased down 199 runs in 24.5 overs with Healy slamming 113 and Phoebe Litchfield hitting an unbeaten 84 runs.

We did try our best, but the execution wasn't great - Alyssa Healy

Speaking after the Bangladesh clash, Alyssa Healy expressed disappointment over the lack of execution of plans but was happy to bag two points. She elaborated:

"I think so, they played nicely (on Bangladesh). We did try our best, but the execution wasn't great, happy though to have got the two points. It's so hard honestly, was disappointed with my glove work today, but I made up for it a bit with the bat, I really enjoy the challenge though. We've been here for a while, we'll go to a new venue, we haven't been to Indore before and a new challenge is coming up against England.

"It was amazing for her (on Alana King), great to see her dominate and get the rewards for that. The players coming in have done a great role for us - Darcie upfront was excellent, like i said, we'll make changes according to conditions and match-ups. I thought she was outstanding today (on Phoebe Litchfield). We pride ourselves in professionalism, we played well today to get the two points, we'll come back and be prepared for the next match as well."

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