Alyssa Healy captained Australia to a 10-wicket victory in opposition to India in her remaining match earlier than retirement on the one-off day-night Take a look at in Perth.
The 35-year-old was lofted onto the shoulders of her team-mates after openers Phoebe Litchfield and Georgia Voll reached a fourth-innings goal of 25 inside 5 overs on the Waca.
India resumed on 105-6 and had been bowled out throughout the first hour of the third day in Perth, with spinners Ash Gardner and Alana King taking the final wickets to dismiss the vacationers for 149.
Gardner ended a 50-run partnership between Pratika Rawal and Sneh Rana, bowling the latter for 30, whereas Healy caught Kashvee Gautam off King for a four-ball duck.
Sayali Satghare was caught by Georgia Voll, earlier than opener Rawal, who top-scored with 63, was the final wicket to fall, caught by Annabel Sutherland off Gardner.
Healy, who has often been Australia’s wicketkeeper although Beth Mooney took the gloves on this Take a look at, finishes her 299-match worldwide profession with 7,333 runs and 276 dismissals to her title in all codecs of the sport.
She led Australia to a historic 16-0 whitewash in the Ashes in 2025, gained the World Cup twice – making the best particular person rating of 170 in a World Cup final in opposition to England in 2022 – and the T20 World Cup on six events.
This crushing win ensured Australia gained the multi-format sequence 12-4.
Defeat within the one-off Take a look at, coming after a 2-1 T20 sequence victory and a 3-0 loss within the ODIs, ends a nine-match successful run in red-ball cricket for India, with their final defeat in opposition to the identical opponents in Adelaide in February 2006.
