Alyssa Healy, the Australian wicketkeeper batswoman has set a new Guinness World Record for taking the 'highest catch of a cricket ball' at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) during the promotions of women's World T20 which is scheduled to be held next year.
Healy broke the world record of an Englishman Kristan Baumgartner who had caught a ball 62 metres high by catching a ball dropped from a drone 80 metres above the ground.
"After I didn't get a hand on the first practice and then the next one went straight through my gloves there was cause for concern. You don't get the cue from the ball going up in the air off the bat and it was swinging a lot on the way down because it just gets dropped," said Healy after many unsuccessful attempts at a 64 m catch earlier.
"As you can tell in a video, it was pure elation to get it, I didn't want everyone to come and not get the record so when I'd secured it in the gloves I carried on like a bit of a pork chop but overjoyed to break the record," she added.
Australian Women's cricket team will play India in the opening match of the World Cup next year.