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Ian Chadband

Captain Midge making her World Cup team 'happy campers'

The perfectionist in Alyssa Healy meant Australia's wicketkeeping skipper still couldn't be completely satisfied with brilliant back-to-back World Cup centuries when she was so annoyed with herself for her own sub-par performance behind the stumps.

But to her teammates, the sight of their diminutive and inspirational captain 'Midge' bludgeoning two consecutive tons on the biggest stage, just as she did in the semi-final and final in New Zealand back in the victorious 2022 World Cup campaign, made them all feel like "happy campers".

The champions' so far unbeaten defence of their crown in India and Sri Lanka just appears to be getting stronger by the match, with the 10-wicket crushing of Bangladesh on Thursday, courtesy of Healy's unbeaten 202-run opening stand with Phoebe Litchfield, guaranteeing their spot in another semi-final.

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