‘Outdone in the end’: Healy admits Australia fell short after semifinal loss to India
Australian captain Alyssa Healy admitted her team didn’t finish well with the bat and dropped key chances as India knocked them out of the ICC Women’s World Cup. She praised Phoebe Litchfield’s century and said Australia would learn and rebuild.
Hyderabad: Australian captain Alyssa Healy felt her team did not finish with the bat well and not bowl that great, dropped chances in the field.
“But, ultimately, outdone in the end,” she said reflecting on the defeat to India in the Women’s World Cup semifinal in Navi Mumbai on Thursday night, Alyssa said it was a good contest in the end. .
On posting 338 batting first, Alyssa said that they thought we had half-done the job. ” Left a few (runs) out there. (Felt) If we could execute with the ball and take our chances, we were still in the game. India played really well, held their nerve really well and got themselves across the line,” she said.
“Weird experience for me to stand there and see the next generation go about it. She (Litchfield) was sensational. Set us off really nicely. Was able to cash in with a hundred. Kudos to her. Fun to watch her, and the next four years leading up to the next World Cup will be fun to watch,” Alyssa said.
“There are going to be more and more opportunities moving forward. The next cycle could see a bit of change and that is going to be really exciting for the group. Ash (Gardner) had a sensational tournament.
Everyone contributed beautifully, that is why it is disappointing to stand here right now,” the Aussie captain said.
“We created enough pressure and opportunities, but were not able to capitalise. I am at fault for that as well. Something we pride ourselves on, let ourselves down in that regard. We will learn from that, grow and hopefully our cricket will improve (from this). We have played some unbelievable cricket. The semi final is a knockout game, and if you do not turn up, anyone is going to get you. So much to be proud of.
Someone came in (every game) and got the job done, and that is really cool. Hurts having this conversation right now, having played such good cricket,” she explained.
On retirement and if she will be there at the next ODI World Cup, Alyssa said she won’t be there. “That is the beauty of this next cycle. We will see it unfold. Really excited for our group. Our One-Day cricket is going to shift a little as well. We did so much right, we will learn, grow, get better,” she said.
