{"id":477590,"date":"2025-10-30T10:44:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T11:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=477590"},"modified":"2025-10-30T23:20:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:20:50","slug":"litchfield-hits-world-cup-record-with-77-ball-ton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=477590","title":{"rendered":"Litchfield hits World Cup record with 77-ball ton"},"content":{"rendered":"

Phoebe Litchfield<\/a> made tournament history against India in the ODI women's World Cup semi-final and had a beaming smile to celebrate after hitting the fastest hundred in a \ufeffWorld Cup knockout match.<\/p>\n

Litchfield brought up her ton off 77 balls with a boundary and grinned from ear to ear with her family watching in the crowd.<\/p>\n

It was her first World Cup hundred\ufeff, second against India and third overall.<\/p>\n

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"A semi-final knock of the highest class\ufeff, this 22-year-old from Orange in NSW," Ian Bishop said on Amazon's coverage.<\/p>\n

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Earlier, Alyssa Healy<\/a> made her much anticipated return from injury<\/a> and was given an almost immediate reprieve by her rival Indian skipper.<\/p>\n

After winning the toss \ufeffand electing to bat, Healy watched her opening partner Litchfield motor to eight runs off seven deliveries.<\/p>\n

Renuka Singh Thakur then came in to bowl at Healy, who was on two, and forced a mistimed off-drive that was hit in the air.<\/p>\n

Captain Harmanpreet Kaur was at mid-off and had her body side-on to the ball, which sat perfectly at chest height.<\/p>\n

\ufeffKaur went way too hard with her hands though and the ball juggled out behind her.<\/p>\n

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To make the drop even more dramatic, Kaur's follow through meant she ran at least three metres before falling over.<\/p>\n

"She made all the ground, did all the hard work and I thought she had it for a moment," Bishop said on commentary before noting "the ground went silent" in Navi Mumbai.<\/p>\n

Healy barely gave a reaction, offering a steely look. \ufeff<\/p>\n

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But India's \ufeffKranti Goud saved her captain in the sixth over, bowling Healy who chopped the ball on for five.<\/p>\n

The wicketkeeper batter \ufeffstarted the tournament in style with two centuries before missing the last two group matches with a calf injury.<\/p>\n

After Healy's dismissal, the covers came on for the rain at 1-25. \ufeff<\/p>\n

Play resumed quickly after and Australia looked like they'd be in trouble when Ellyse Perry was given out lbw.<\/p>\n

Litchfield quickly ran down and told her to review, which brought a not out verdict.<\/p>\n

The 22-year-old then pushed towards her century while Perry went along steadily at the other end.\ufeff<\/p>\n

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Litchfield was dismissed for 119 off 93 balls when she tried to scoop \ufeffAmanjot Kaur to fine leg.<\/p>\n

Her departure came at 2-180 after a partnership of 155 with Perry, who was on 45 not out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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