Alyssa Healy breaks world record for highest catch of a cricket ball
Fresh off winning the Belinda Clark Award, Australian wicket keeper Alyssa Healy has continued her golden year by recording a Guinness World Record.
Healy has shattered the existing record for the highest catch of a cricket ball (62m), catching a ball dropped from a drone at a height of 82.5m above the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
With one Guinness World Record notched up, Healy and the Southern Stars will look to break another record at next year's ICC Women's T20 World Cup when they look to reach the final at the MCG and break the record for attendance at a women's sporting fixture.
Healy caught the ball on the third attempt to set a new world record for the highest cricket ball catch Twitter
The Southern Stars will come into the tournament as hot favourites after winning four of the last five T20 World Cups, including the most recent tournament held in the West Indies last November.
The 28-year-old was named the Belinda Clark Award winner after a golden 2018 which saw her plunder 329 runs at an average of 54.33 in six matches with a strike rate of 109.33.
Healy continued her dominance at the T20 World Cup where she was central to Australia's success, smashing 225 runs at an average of 56.25.
The 2020 Women's World T20 is set to commence on February 21 next year, with the final taking place on International Women's Day (March 8).
