Alyssa Healy accepts she's got "big shoes" to fill as captain at the T20 World Cup following the end of the peerless reign of Mel Lanning - but she's determined to do the job her way as she attempts to steer Australia to a fifth straight global title in the UAE.
Under Lanning's Midas touch, the Australian women, one of the most dominant outfits in world sport, have won the past three T20 titles as well as the 2022 crown in the 50-over format. That's seven long years since they last failed to win a World Cup.
But if Lanning's retirement in December has transferred huge pressure on to one of her trusty lieutenants Healy, you wouldn't have known it as the 34-year-old sounded relaxed but ultra-determined in Dubai at the eve-of-tournament captains' press conference on Wednesday.
