Watch: Pitch invader feels the wrath of Alyssa Healy during WPL 2024 clash
Kiran Navgire and Grace Harris took much of the limelight during UP Warriorz’ seven-wicket win over the Mumbai Indians but their captain Alyssa Healy wasn’t too far behind.
While Healy was instrumental in the chase, scoring 33 off 29 balls herself, the Australian wicketkeeper-batter caught the eyeballs with how she dealt with a pitch invader during the MI innings as well.
The incident happened just as Anjali Sarvani was getting ready to bowl the last ball of the MI innings. She had just got a wicket off the fifth ball and the new batter was ready to face up, but the umpire asked Sarvani to stop just as she was getting into her run up. That was because a man had run on to the field of play but Healy was having none of it.
She could be seen tackling the invader to the ground before officials escorted him off the field. Australian media drew comparisons to how the late all-rounder Andrew Symonds and Australia women’s football icon Sam Kerr had also dealt with pitch invaders in a similar fashion.
