Mitchell Starc’s wife Alyssa Healy wants to emulate Rohit Sharma to achieve success in all formats

Alyssa Healy praised Rohit Sharma for transforming his white-ball form into Test cricket in England.

Australia opening batter and wife of Australian speedster Mitchell Starc, Alyssa Healy, has said that she wants to emulate Indian vice-captain Rohit Sharma’s batting style in order to achieve success across all the formats of the game. Australia will be locking horns against India in a multi-format series, comprising three ODIs, one-off day-night Test and three T20Is. The first ODI will be played on September 21.

“It’s a tricky one because I`ve only played four Tests so I wouldn’t say I’m overly comfortable with how to play or how to approach a Test. From my point of view, I don’t think it’s going to change too much from my one-day international batting. I think the ability to give yourself more time is such a blessing,” Healy said at a Fox Cricket launch event for the series.

“I look at the modern Test game and see how it’s changed quite a lot. I watch a lot of the men’s cricket and I look at someone like Rohit Sharma who is one of the most devastating white-ball batters in the world and yet he’s a really successful opener in Test cricket. So for me, I said look at somebody like him and think about how he translates those skills across all the formats, could I potentially replicate that somehow,” she added.