Evolution is key for Australia to maintain its place as world cricket’s powerhouse team and the rise of batting prodigy Phoebe Litchfield and her work to get bigger and better is a strong signal the future is in good hands.
When the West Indies smashed a record run-chase at North Sydney Oval on Monday night, blasting 213 to win by seven wickets, a message was served to the Australians that the world was coming.
A top-order batter by trade, having opened in her Test debut during the Ashes as well as in her eight ODIs, the left-hander was thrust into the role of middle-order slugger, preferred to big-hitting Grace Harris.Litchfield whacked five sixes in her 19-ball, unbeaten innings of 52 batting at number six, coming after she made a name for herself in The Hundred in the UK, where she finished as the tournament’s third highest scorer with 279 runs at a strike rate of 132.85 for Northern Superchargers.
“I think she‘s always had the talent, she’s always had the skill,” Healy said after Monday night’s performance.“But I think she‘s gained some confidence at the international level – scoring a hundred in Ireland helps opening the batting. Litchfield gets her chance to back up that effort in the series-deciding T20 at Allan Border Field in Brisbane on Thursdays night and said it was reward for her hard work, and efforts to hit more sixes, which has included lifting more weights.
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