Healy sets new T20I record

Australia’s Alyssa Healy smashed an unbeaten 148 off 61 balls to set a new world record for the highest individual score in women’s Twenty20Is on Wednesday.

Healy reached her century in just 46 balls, the second fastest in history, as Australia piled up 226 for two in the final game of the three-match series against Sri Lanka.

The 29-year-old reached the record with a six in the penultimate over, eclipsing team mate Meg Lanning’s previous mark of 133 not out set against England in July.

Having celebrated her 100th T20I two days ago, Healy knocked the stuffing out of the Sri Lanka’s bowling attack and finished with 19 fours and seven sixes.

“It was just one of those days where everything seemed to come out of the middle, so I’ll take that,” Healy told Fox Cricket.