Cape Town: Australia women’s cricket team member Alyssa Healy took a sly dig at India captain Harmanpreet Kaur – and her mode of dismissal during their semi-final at the Women’s T20 World Cup. Harmanpreet rued the “unlucky” run out on Thursday when her bat got stuck on the ground and she was caught short at the striker’s end.
Alyssa Healy said in an interview with ABC Sport: “Harmanpreet can say all she likes that it was so unlucky, but at the end of the day she cruised back and probably could have past the crease – you know, an extra two metres if she genuinely put in the effort.”
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“You could say you were unlucky all your life, but it’s generally about effort at that moment in time, and that’s something we speak about in the field in particular, in putting in that effort and putting in that energy – and I think that comes back to running between wickets as well.”
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Having battled through fever and dehydration, Harmanpreet took the field in the pivotal clash. Chasing 173 runs, she and Jemimah Rodrigues fought their way to contention despite losing three early wickets.
They stitched a 50-run stand and later Harmanpreet brought up her own fifty-run milestone. But it wasn’t enough in the end as Australia won by 5 runs.
Harmanpreet, wearing sunglasses to hide away the tears, said, “The way I got run out, (it) can’t be unluckier than that. Putting the effort was important and we were happy to go to the last ball. We wanted to fight till the last ball.”
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