Phoebe Litchfield

Phoebe Litchfield (born 18 April 2003) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a left-handed batter and occasional right-arm leg break bowler.[1] She plays for the New South Wales Breakers in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) and the Sydney Thunder in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL).[2] She made her WBBL debut on 18 October 2019, aged 16, and scored 26 runs off 22 balls.[3] In her second match for the Thunder, she became the youngest player to make a half century in the WBBL.[4] Litchfield was raised in Orange, New South Wales and attended Kinross Wolaroi School.[5][6]

Phoebe Litchfield
Litchfield batting for Sydney Thunder in October 2022
Personal information
Full name
Phoebe Litchfield
Born (2003-04-18) 18 April 2003
Orange, New South Wales, Australia
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleBatter
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 148)16 January 2023 v Pakistan
Last ODI21 January 2023 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 60)11 December 2022 v India
Last T20I20 December 2022 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2019/20–presentNew South Wales
2019/20–presentSydney Thunder
Career statistics
Competition WODI WLA WT20
Matches 2 10 26
Runs scored 145 261 376
Batting average – 37.28 25.06
100s/50s 0/2 0/1 0/1
Top score 78* 82* 52*
Catches/stumpings –/– 5/– 16/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 January 2023

In January 2022, Litchfield was named in Australia's A squad for their series against England A, with the matches being played alongside the Women's Ashes.[7]

International Career

In December 2022, Litchfield was named in the Australian ODI squad for a series of one-day matches against Pakistan.[8] She made her ODI debut in the same series on the 16 January 2023, opening the batting and making 78* (not out) to chase down the total.[9]

References
  1. "Phoebe Litchfield". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. "Phoebe Litchfield". CricketArchive. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  3. Jolly, Laura (19 October 2019). "Sixteen-year-old outshines stars in debut to remember". cricket.com.au. Cricket Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. McGlashan, Andrew (20 October 2019). "Litchfield sets new record with matchwinning half-century". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  5. "Teen Litchfield's half-century leads Thunder to WBBL win over Heat". Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 21 October 2019. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  6. Findlay, Matt; Guthrie, Nick (7 November 2015). "Phoebe leads the way: Kinross all-rounder Litchfield to captain NSW". Central Western Daily. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  7. "Alana King beats Amanda-Jade Wellington to place in Australia's Ashes squad". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  8. "AUSTRALIA WOMEN'S SQUAD FOR PAKISTAN ODI SERIES CONFIRMED". Sydney Sixers. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
  9. "Litchfield debuts as returning Lanning opts to bowl". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

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