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Born | Orange, New South Wales, Australia | 18 April 2003||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Batter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 183) | 22 June 2023 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 21 December 2023 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut (cap 148) | 16 January 2023 v Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 14 October 2023 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 60) | 11 December 2022 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 27 January 2024 v South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019/20–present | New South Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019/20–present | Sydney Thunder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Northern Superchargers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023–present | Gujarat Giants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ESPNcricinfo, 17 February 2024 |
Phoebe Elizabeth Susan Litchfield [1] (born 18 April 2003) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a left-handed batter and occasional right-arm leg break bowler. [2] 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). [1] 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]
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]
In November 2022, she was named in the T20I squad for their series against India. [8] She made her WT20I debut in the 2nd WT20I of the series on 11 December 2022. [9] In December 2022, Litchfield was named in the Australian ODI squad for a series against Pakistan. [10] 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. [11]
In March 2023, she was named in Australia's Test squad for the Ashes series against England. [12] She made her Test debut in that match, on 22 June 2023. [13]
In July 2023, in the third ODI against Ireland, Litchfield scored her maiden white-ball century, scoring 106 not out, and received the player of the match award. [14] She became the second-youngest Australian woman to hit an ODI century. [15]
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