Alyssa Healy called it “un-Australian”. It was certainly unexpected, and unbecoming for the team that has until the past year or so boasted perhaps the most enviable winning record in world sport.

For the first time in nearly a decade, the Australian women’s team will not be in possession of either the ODI or Twenty20 World Cup after they were toppled by India in the semi-final of the Women’s World Cup on Thursday night.

This is the last time Healy will be seen at the 50-over tournament, and coach Shelley Nitschke has some thinking to do about how to hand leadership to the next generation.

Australia’s elimination by India in Mumbai was brought about largely by an extraordinary century from Jemimah Rodrigues in her team’s world record chase, but what will stick in the craw of Healy’s tea

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