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"Not Ideal": Alyssa Healy Calls Current Wicket-Keeping Technique Inefficient

Arnav Chopra

Alyssa Healy (Source: @cricketcomau/X.com)Alyssa Healy (Source: @cricketcomau/X.com)

With the Women's World Cup and a long home summer on the cards, Australian skipper and wicket-keeper Alyssa Healy has resorted to changing her wicket-keeping technique. She turned to it as necessary, considering her ageing joints.

Alyssa Healy Left Unimpressed With Old Wicket-Keeping Technique

After going through a run of injuries over the last one and a half years, Australian skipper Alyssa Healy has decided to finally change her wicket-keeping technique, which she feels was inefficient, as it has been used in Australia for a long period of time.

After sustaining multiple injuries throughout last summer, when she missed quite a few games for the Australian women's side, Healy has used the gap in the last few months to change her technique in a bid to ensure that she remains fully fit for the upcoming period.

"I haven't actually kept in a competitive game since January, and that's given me a little bit of time to tinker with a few things and make it a little bit easier on my body. We've been taught how to wicket-keep a certain way in this country for an extended period of time, and at the end of the day, it's not overly efficient on our bodies and doing it at 35, it's not ideal," Healy was quoted as saying to cricket.com.au

The 35-year-old, who has been one of the biggest performers for Australia on the big stage, feels that the old technique was not efficient considering her age, and it is not ideal, which is why she has decided to make a few technical changes.

Further highlighting her concerns, Healy reckoned that her biggest concern was being afraid she might have to give up her gloves, to ensure that she is available for Australia. But fortunately, her practice over the past few months and putting up the fitness accordingly has helped her in a major way, and she believes now that wicket-keeping won't be an issue going ahead.

"We've just been looking at ways to make it a little bit easier for my ageing joints and trying to keep things moving the way they should. Without getting overly technical (I've just adjusted) where I'm starting from, more than anything else," she continued.

She is all set to feature in the T20 and one-day matches between the Australia A series against India A, to be played in Queensland ahead of the World Cup title defence in India.

Healy Confident Of Staying Fit Throughout The Summer

With all the technical advances and changes in her wicket-keeping technique, Healy believes that this should help her ageing body, which is starting to show signs of wear and tear after prolonged stress on her joints, due to her extensive wicket-keeping experience.

Moreover, she disclosed that she is not getting as low as she previously used to, which could help her stay in the game longer.

"You won't notice anything different, just not getting as low as what I used to, to hopefully help the knee, help the foot and keep me out there a little bit longer," she added.

To the unversed, Australia A and India A women will be up in a three-match T20 and one-day series, alongside a four-day Test match, all to be played from the 7th to 24th of August in Queensland.