Alyssa Healy of Australia bats during the third match of the Women’s One Day International series between Australia and India at Bellerive Oval on March 01, 2026 in Hobart, Australia. (Photo/Getty Images)
Alyssa Healy ended her ODI career with a century as Australia completed a 3-0 sweep of India, defeating the world champions by 185 runs in the third and final match on Sunday.When asked to bat, Australia scored 409 for seven, building on Healy’s 158 and an unbeaten 106 from Beth Mooney.
India, chasing 410, were bowled out for 224 in 45.1 overs.
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The 35-year-old Healy, playing in her 126th ODI, hit 27 fours and two sixes in a 98-ball knock. It was her eighth ODI hundred. She will retire from international cricket after the one-off pink ball Test against India in Perth from March 6. Across 126 ODIs, she scored 3,777 runs with eight centuries and 19 fifties.Australia lost Phoebe Litchfield (14) early, but Healy and Georgia Foale (62 off 52) added 134 runs for the second wicket.
Healy then shared a 145-run stand with Mooney for the third wicket to set up the total. Bean hit seven fours and a six, while Mooney’s innings included 10 boundaries and one six. Annabel Sutherland (23) and Nicola Carey (34 off 15) added runs in the shutouts.For India, Sneh Rana (2/66) and Shree Sharani (2/106) each took two wickets. Charani became the third player to concede more than 100 runs in an ODI.India’s chase never accelerated. Smriti Mandhana fell in the second.
Pratika Rawal (27 off 21) and Jemima Rodriguez (42 off 29) added 54 runs for the second wicket before Rawal was dismissed in the eighth over, handed off to Annabel Sutherland.Rodriguez, who hit nine boundaries, was caught at fine leg by Hamilton off Ashley Gardner as he attempted a sweep. Harleen Deol (14) also fell without much result. Captain Harmanpreet Kaur made 25 off 33 balls before he was trapped LBW by Alana King.
Richa Ghosh (18) and Kashvi Gautam were evicted as the required rate went up.Deepti Sharma (29 off 47) and Rana added 63 for the eighth wicket, but the effort came too late. Deepti was knocked out LBW by King on the 40th. Rana, who had earlier returned figures of 2/66, scored 44 off 74 balls.India lost the first two ODIs by six and five wickets. They had won the previous three-match T20 series 2-1.Australia now leads the multi-format series 8-4 on points. Each T20 and ODI win carries two points, while a Test win is worth four points.
