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Ian Healy was born on April 30, 1964 and is 59 years old now.
Birthday: April 30, 1964
How Old - Age: 59
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Ian Healy - Biography
Ian Andrew Healy (nicknamed "Heals") (born 30 April 1964) is a former cricketer who played for Queensland and Australia. A specialist wicketkeeper and useful right-hand middle-order batsman, he made an unheralded entry to international cricket in 1988, after only six first-class games. His work ethic and combativeness was much needed by an Australian team that was performing poorly. Over the next decade, Healy was a key member of the side as it enjoyed a sustained period of success. By the time of his retirement, Healy held the world record for most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper.
Healy was a very useful batsman and improved dramatically during the second half of his career. All of his four first-class centuries were scored in Test matches. He could be handy as a hitter late in the innings during ODIs: he averaged 21 while scoring at a rate of 83.8 runs per hundred balls. Although touted as a potential leader of the team early in his career, a series of on-field misdemeanours counted against him when the position was vacant. He captained Australia in eight ODIs when the regular skipper Mark Taylor was injured.
Healy has two brothers and a sister; Ken, Greg and Kim. Ken played a single Sheffield Shield game for Queensland in 1990 and a single List-A game in 1991. He is married to Helen and has two daughters Emma and Laura, and a son, Tom, who is also a wicketkeeper, who has represented Queensland and Australia at Under–19 level. His niece Alyssa Healy wicket–keeps for the Australia women's national cricket team, the Southern Stars. Alyssa married her childhood friend, Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc in April, 2016, making him Ian's nephew-in-law.
