Australia Establishes a Fresh Record as Healy Has One Peak Left to Climb.

It's difficult for Australia to achieve unprecedented feats.

The greatest achievements have long been mastered.

This is the team that has secured seven Cricket World Cups, in addition to another six T20 titles, and earlier maintained nearly four years without defeat in 50-over cricket.

The secondary achievements, those for the record chasers, are all that remain for a team that has achieved everything.

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It needed until Sunday's victory by three wickets over India for them to achieve their initial ODI chase over 300, regaining their record for the biggest in the women's 50-over format, is, in truth, a compliment to the bowlers that have sported the yellow jersey over the last half-century.

It's difficult for their batsmen to maintain a record if never given the opportunity.

Ultimately, the outcome of Australia allowing 330 runs was leader Alyssa Healy being given a platform to deliver her newest gem.

Then best known as the 19-year-old niece of famous ex Aussie wicketkeeper Ian, she first played in 2010 after her nation failed to win either of the T20 or ODI World Cups conducted earlier and has seen it all through 15 successful years since.

A T20 championship victory happened three months after her debut and seven global championships have followed from 10 attempts across formats.

The determined wicketkeeper was also there in Derby in 2017 when a semi-final defeat by India briefly halted the run of success.

That loss "pushed us to reconsider our benchmarks," Healy commented earlier.

At the subsequent ODI World Cup in New Zealand, Healy hit 170 against England in the championship match and was awarded tournament MVP. She guaranteed her country would not come up short.

The question of whether this recent magnificent innings exceeded that prior achievement is debatable.

Many contend the case for championship match pressure. Different voices suggest with the challenge that comes when confronting a historic chase and a loud pro-India audience of 20,000.

What's definite is this hundred was considerably tougher to anticipate.

The New Zealand onslaught in 2022 occurred when she led the batting statistics, but this innings came after six matches in India since the start of last month in which she had failed to pass 30.

"If you've observed me in the nets, it's been a disappointing period because it seemed I lacked timing completely," stated Healy.

"However when you enter the playing area, your fighting spirit activate and you completely engage with the contest."

Healy's competitiveness has continuously been her great strength - and an invaluable trait in succeeding legendary former captain Meg Lanning.

She was challenged by India's emerging talent Kranti Gaud in the previous month's ODI series, out to the young fast bowler in each encounter, but this time it merely gave Healy's spark.

A single was taken off Gaud's first delivery and after that the batsman was underway.

"A chance to go out there and engage in competition with her and simply enjoy myself in that aspect, kind of motivated me," said Healy.

She achieved fifty in 35 balls - her fastest at the World Cup - and her ton in 84 as she punished short deliveries, hitting 21 fours and three maximums.

By the time she was dismissed Australia required another 66 at one run per ball - a manageable total now demanding an easy conclusion.

"Pursuing 330 is new territory so I'm pleased we have the confidence to accomplish that now," added Healy.

"Hopefully we don't have to do it another time but, should it happen, we are confident we can succeed."

These statements will be the final thing rival teams at this championship need to hear.

Over the past five days a feeling they will triumph from any situation has grown stronger - this success succeeding success over Pakistan by 107 run margin despite sitting at 76-7 at one stage.

Next Australia play Bangladesh before a meeting with old rivals England in Indore in 10 days, by which point a last-four spot may well be secure.

It was at that stage they left the previous year's T20 World Cup in a surprising setback by South Africa - an encounter Healy couldn't play because of torn tissue in her foot as she guided Australia for the first time at a significant event.

Such is her determination, she later said she wanted to have participated with the discomfort.

Yet even as she afterwards confessed those fitness problems have postponed consideration of ending her career, this tournament is anticipated as her final tournament as skipper in 50-over cricket and she is yet to win a global event as captain.

Success in India would take her to the summit of her ultimate challenge.