Overview
- India Today reports Litchfield reached her century in 77 balls, the quickest in Women’s World Cup knockout matches.
- At 22 years and 195 days, she is listed as the youngest player to score a knockout hundred in the tournament.
- Litchfield finished with 119 off 93 deliveries, hitting 17 fours and 3 sixes before Amanjot Kaur dismissed her.
- The semi-final at DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai saw Australia post 338, the highest total recorded in a Women’s World Cup semi-final, according to News18.
- Her feat is contextualized against previous knockout hundreds by Harmanpreet Kaur (90 balls in 2017), Nat Sciver-Brunt (90 in 2022) and Alyssa Healy (91 in 2022).