Alyssa Healy (T20 cricket) has been a mainstay of the Australian team for over a decade and became the first wicketkeeper – male or female – to take 100 dismissals in T20 cricket in the opening match against India at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

Despite growing up in a cricket family – her father Greg played for Queensland and her uncle was renowned Australian wicketkeeper Ian Healy – Alyssa’s first sport was hockey which she played at state age level. 

Alyssa made her one-day and T20 international debuts against New Zealand in February 2010, followed by her Test debut against England the following January. Since then, the star wicketkeeper/batter has developed a reputation as a big-game player. Her highest score of 148 (not out) against Sri Lanka in 2019 is the best by a player from a top-tier nation, while her 170 against England is no.2 by an Australian in a one-day international. She has also played in seven T20 World Cups since 2010, claiming the trophy on six occasions. 

Alyssa married Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc in 2016 and her brother-in-law is Brandon Starc, who won gold in the men’s high jump at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Alyssa was appointed Australian captain across all three formats of the game in late 2023 after the retirement of long-time skipper Meg Lanning.