Alyssa Healy and her husband Mitchell Starc, have become the first married couple to win the best player award at the ICC World Cups.
While healy was recently adjudged the player-of-the-tournament for her 225 runs in the recently concluded Women’s World T20 World Cup. Her husband, Mitchell Starc, who represents the Australian men's cricket team, had won the player of the tournament in 2015 men’s World Cup for picking up 22 wickets.
"Lucky I got my golf bag so that I can put some extra stuff. The girls played beautifully tonight," Healy said after winning the player-of-the-tournament award.
"Really proud. A team effort. I've just really enjoyed the freedom at the top and play some fearless cricket. Looking forward to play in the Big Bash and see if I can continue. Very special. We worked really hard to build on that culture. With the group's that we've got there's many more to come," she said at the post match presentation.
The Australian eves became the world champions in the shortest format of the game of cricket. They hammered England by 8 wickets to win the Women’s World Twenty20 title for the time on the Caribbean island of Antigua.