Gender diversity ‘Females In Sport Are More Realistic About Where They’ve Come From’: Cricketer Alyssa Healy She fell in love with cricket reluctantly, not knowing women could play for Australia. Now Healy is at the forefront of gender equality in sport. FW meets her. By Natalie Cornish Published 8 July, 2026 Gender diversity ‘Females In Sport Are More Realistic About Where They’ve Come From’: Cricketer Alyssa Healy She fell in love with cricket reluctantly, not knowing women could play for Australia. Now Healy is at the forefront of gender equality in sport. FW meets her. By Natalie Cornish Published 8 July, 2026 Previous article Everything Is Always Working Out For You Next article ‘We’re 100% In This Or Not At All’: Zara Madrusan On Running Melbourne’s Best Bars With Her Husband Cricketer Alyssa Healy can’t pinpoint the exact moment she fell in love with the sport that would later become her profession, but she does have a friend to thank for encouraging her to pick up a bat.“I started playing when I was seven,” she tells Future Women. “And I was a very reluctant cricketer. A friend from school took me down to try it, and I never wanted to play. Obviously my family play heavily and it didn’t really interest me that much. But I think once I learned the game, and once I started playing, and I had some friends in the game, I sort of fell in love with it from there.” Not an FW member? Don’t career alone. Join the network that’s in your corner here. Career Leadership Women in Sport Best Of Future Women Leadership How to be a more confident communicator By Theresa Miller Leadership The most important question By Odessa Blain Leadership “That is not luck. That is culture.” By Melanie Dimmitt Leadership “This is something to celebrate.” By Melanie Dimmitt Leaders 5 things in this year’s Budget for women By Iona Bulford Leadership “If I was a bloke, I would have said, ‘Yes, I nailed that’.” By Melanie Dimmitt Leadership “I didn’t have time to be sick – and that’s a problem” By Melanie Dimmitt Leadership It’s time to put your AI oxygen mask on By Melanie Dimmitt Your inbox just got smarter If you’re not a member, sign up to our newsletter to get the best of Future Women in your inbox.
