The 35-year-old captain scored 158, while Beth Mooney remained unbeaten on 106 as Australia posted 409 for seven. India were bowled out for 224 in 45.1 overs.
Healy, named Player of the Match, reflected on her final ODI during the presentation ceremony.
“I just think what a ridiculous sport we play that it can kick you down to so many times and then give you opportunities like it has today,” she said.
“I’ve hated every milestone match, so today was just an opportunity to go out and enjoy it. And it was, one of the more enjoyable experiences I’ve had.
So thanks for the cricket gods for that. And yeah, that’s a nice way to sign off in the yellow.”
Healy also bowled two overs for 12 runs in her last ODI. She will retire from international cricket after the one-off pink-ball Test against India in Perth from March 6.
Asked whether batting or bowling gave her more satisfaction, she replied: “Oh, bowling for sure. It didn’t take much to get talked into either.”
“I heard my name mentioned once and I said right, but just to finish the ODI leg the way we did, yeah makes me really proud. And looking forward to heading to the WACA now and get stuck into the pink ball.”
She praised Mooney and spoke about the team’s future.
“Beth Mooney’s been outstanding. The future’s bright for our team. I’m looking forward to watching them go about their business over the next couple of years leading into that next one day World Cup.
“I think they’re going to do some fantastic things yet again.”
On presenting the cap to Lucy Hamilton, Healy said: “I was honestly fine this morning and then when I was writing it all down and realizing probably what it means to debut and get that cap made me realize how special and how lucky I’ve been over the last 15 years to have done it as many times as I’ve had. So, that was a really special experience.”
“She’s got a really bright for the future ahead, I would have loved her to take a wicket tonight but to get a yellow cap, hopefully another 15 years in it, it was really special.”
Looking ahead to the Test match, Healy said: “To put ourselves in a position, now we don’t have to win, I think it’s obviously a great sign for the series, but also we’re going there to win.”
“Pink ball at the WACA, we’ve never experienced that before. The WACA wicket has done some interesting things for us in Test cricket and white-ball cricket over the last few years.
“So, looking forward to seeing what conditions present. But any time this group gets to wear the baggy green is extra special. So I’m looking forward to doing that.”
India captain Harmanpreet Kaur said her team fell short in the ODI series.
“Overall we didn’t play good cricket. In T20, we were doing all the things right and in ODI, we didn’t play good cricket. That that is something which cost us.
“It’s a long game and you have to keep doing the right things again and again. I think we kept making too many mistakes.
“And credit goes to the Australian team also, they really played good cricket and they didn’t give us a chance to bounce back.”
On the upcoming Test, she added: “A lot of learnings for us and definitely we will go back and think how we have to go about in the ODI cricket. Keeping everybody in good space of mind, I think that is something which is very important.
“I know we have very less time to prepare for us but I think now it’s only about believing in yourself and keeping yourself a good frame of mind and doing the right thing for the team.”








