Australia has wrapped up its ODI collection in opposition to Pakistan with out breaking a sweat as Phoebe Litchfield continued her scorching begin to worldwide cricket with a second half-century in as many matches.
Litchfield doesn’t have a median after two video games however she’s already amassed 145 runs after hitting an unbeaten 67 on Wednesday afternoon to again up her glowing 78 not out on debut within the collection opener.
In doing so, she turned the primary Australian lady to begin her ODI profession with back-to-back 50s, with Ian Chappell and Dave Hussey the one males to realize the feat.
The 19-year-old is within the facet due to Alyssa Healy’s calf damage, and whereas the wicketkeeper is an automated choice when she’s match, will probably be laborious to not discover a place for Litchfield within the group going ahead.
She might should bide her time as others have performed previously, however selectors will probably be satisfied figuring out she has the talents and the temperament to deal with world-class assaults.
“You just know when you’re seeing a talent on show, and she is that,” Isa Guha mentioned in commentary after Litchfield lofted one other boundary down the bottom.
Litchfield (67 off 61) hit the profitable runs as she and Beth Mooney (57 off 55) guided the Aussies to a cushty 10-wicket win with greater than 30 overs to spare after the bowlers had rolled Pakistan for simply 125.
IRISH SWING
There had been no wickets for Kim Garth on Wednesday, however she was concerned in a weird second that can make her Australian ODI debut one she by no means forgets.
Garth made her 50-over debut for Ireland again in 2010 however made the swap to Australia in final yr’s T20 tour of India.
Her meteoric rise continued in Brisbane the place she opened the bowling, ending with figures of 0-13 from her eight overs, together with 4 maidens, as she often beat the bat along with her away swing.
Garth didn’t get the wicket she wished, however she did produce a very powerful play within the first innings to dismiss the damaging Nida Dar, who did not again up her half-century from the primary sport.
Dar was on the non-striker’s finish when a Sidra Nawaz drive was deflected onto the stumps by Garth, with the Pakistani star properly wanting her crease.
“It’s a horrible way to go. It’s probably the worst way to go as a batter,” Guha mentioned.
Garth’s opening associate Darcie Brown (3-32) was the decide of the bowlers, whereas Annabel Sutherland and Alana King additionally chipped in with two wickets apiece in opposition to a Pakistani facet that supplied subsequent to nothing with the bat.
Originally printed as Phoebe Litchfield creates historical past as Australia wrap up ODI collection in fashion
