WATCH, WBBL | Healy reacts with frustration to reminder of tragic World Cup semi-final dropped sitter

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However long a cricketing career may span, it is almost always defined in the memory of fans through some egregious moments, be they glorious or devastating. Alyssa Healy may be an eight-time World Cup winner, but she will never be able to live down how she could not earn number nine in 2025.

Alyssa Healy endured a brutal defeat in her return from injury in the WBBL for the Sydney Sixers against Hobart Hurricanes

Hobart Hurricanes sailed to a six-wicket victory against Sydney Sixers at the North Sydney Oval on Thursday to go top of the table with two wins in two and a smashing net run rate of 0.923. Hayley Silver-holmes was the wrecker-in-hief for the tourists as she remove Amelie Kerr, Ashleigh Gardner, and Alyssa Healy all in one over to help restrict the hosts to a subpar 152/9 in their 20 overs, before a 95-run opening stand between Lizelle Lee and Danni Wyatt-Hodge practically confirmed the win for the Hurricanes. The match marked the return of Australian skipper Alyssa Healy from injury for the first time since the Women's World Cup semi-final against India on October 30, where the eventual champions had chased down a record 341 on the back of Jemimah Rodrigues' unbeaten 127. However, despite the passage of two weeks and a new tournament to boot, Healy could not leave behind the ghosts of Navi Mumbai as fate played funny to haunt her in Sydney.

In the 12th over, half-centurion Lee tried to put away Lauren Cheatle but only managed a top-edge and the ball soared into the sky. Healy made an early call for the catch with raised arms as she settled herself under the Kookaburra right next to the playing deck, eyes focused on the descending white rock. However, the wind made the ball wave late into its trajectory and Healy made to make a quick adjustment with extended arms to pouch the catch in unconvincing fashion. Healy's mind immediately darted back to the semis, where an almost xerox copy of the same play had taken place in the 33rd over with Rodrigues on 83 and India still 127 away. However, on that occasion, the ball had simply burst through Healy's gloves much to her shock. The veteran was quick to acknowledge the similarity with bulging eyes in the WBBL as she threw away the ball in frustration with a smirk, before her teammates mobbed her and she broke into a wide grin.

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