The Australian Team Establishes a Fresh Record as Healy Has One Peak Left to Climb.
It's a challenge for Australia to break new ground.
The top summits have been successfully scaled.
We're talking about the team that has secured seven Cricket World Cups, along with an additional six T20 titles, and previously enjoyed over three years without defeat in 50-over cricket.
The remaining milestones, those for the achievement hunters, are all that remain for a team that has accomplished all there is.
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That it took as late as Sunday's three-wicket win over India for them to accomplish their maiden ODI chase above 300, taking back their record for the biggest in the women's 50-over format, is, frankly, a testament to the bowlers that have worn canary yellow over five decades.
It's challenging for their hitters to maintain a record if never given the chance.
In the end, the result of Australia conceding 330 was leader Alyssa Healy getting a chance to create her newest gem.
Then best known as the teenage relative of famous ex Aussie wicketkeeper Ian, she first played in 2010 after her country couldn't capture either of the 20 or 50-over World Cups conducted earlier and has experienced everything through 15 trophy-laden years since.
Success in the T20 World Cup happened three months after her bow and seven international trophies have followed from 10 tries across formats.
The tough gloveman was present as well in Derby in 2017 when a semi-final setback by India briefly halted the successful run.
That loss "pushed us to rethink our standards," Healy commented earlier.
At the subsequent ODI World Cup in New Zealand, Healy made 170 against England in the final and was named player of the tournament. She ensured her country would not fall short again.
Whether this recent magnificent innings topped that previous effort is debatable.
Some will argue the reasoning behind championship match pressure. Some might respond with the challenge that comes when pursuing an unprecedented total and a loud pro-India audience of 20,000.
What is certain is this ton was considerably tougher to anticipate.
The Christchurch destruction in 2022 occurred when she topped the run-scoring charts, but this knock came after six matches in India over the past few weeks in which she had failed to pass 30.
"For those following me in practice sessions, it has been a frustrating experience because it appeared my form was missing completely," commented Healy.
"But once you enter the playing area, your competitive instincts take over and you completely engage with the contest."
Healy's competitive nature has continuously been her key asset - and a priceless quality in replacing iconic ex-skipper Meg Lanning.
She was troubled by India's promising player Kranti Gaud in recent ODI series, out to the 22-year-old seamer in each encounter, but this time it merely gave Healy's inspiration.
A single came off the bowler's initial ball and from there the right-hander was in motion.
"An opportunity to take the field and lock in a contest with her and simply enjoy myself that way, kind of motivated me," commented Healy.
She achieved fifty in 35 deliveries - her swiftest at the World Cup - and her century in 84 balls as she punished short deliveries, striking 21 boundaries and three maximums.
By the time she was dismissed the team needed 66 additional runs at a run-a-ball - an unconquered height now requiring a leisurely stroll.
"Pursuing 330 is unfamiliar ground so I am glad we have the assurance to achieve that now," added Healy.
"Hopefully we don't have to do it again but, should it happen, we are confident we can succeed."
Those words will be the last Australia's opponents at this World Cup need to hear.
During the last week a belief they will win from any position has grown stronger - this success following victory over Pakistan by 107-run victory despite struggling at 76-7 at one point.
Next Australia play Bangladesh before a match against longtime competitors England in Indore in ten days, by which point a semi-final place may likely be confirmed.
It was in the semi-finals they left last year's T20 World Cup in a surprising setback by South Africa - an encounter Healy was absent due to damaged tissue in her foot as she led her country for the initial instance at an important competition.
Such is her determination, she later said she regretted not playing despite the injury.
Yet even as she later admitted those injuries have pushed back consideration of ending her career, this tournament is anticipated as her concluding event as leader in one-day cricket and she is hasn't yet secured an international tournament as captain.
Triumph in India would take her to the summit of her final mountain.