Phoebe Litchfield

Phoebe Litchfield
Litchfield batting for Sydney Thunder in October 2022
Litchfield batting for Sydney Thunder in October 2022
Personal information
Born 18 April 2003
Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Right-arm leg break
Role Batter
International information
National side
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
Domestic team information
Years Team
2019/20–present New South Wales
2019/20–present Sydney Thunder
2023–present Northern Superchargers
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WLA WT20
Matches 2 14 41 86
Runs scored 87 604 1414 1690
Batting average 21.75 60.40 44.18 27.70
100s/50s 0/0 2/4 3/8 0/7
Top score 46 119 119 68
Catches/stumpings –/– 7/– 24/– 41/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 January 2023

Phoebe E S Litchfield (born 18 April 2003) is an Australian cricketer who plays as a left-handed batter and occasional right-arm leg break bowler. 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). She made her WBBL debut on 18 October 2019, aged 16, and scored 26 runs off 22 balls. In her second match for the Thunder, she became the youngest player to make a half century in the WBBL. Litchfield was raised in Orange, New South Wales and attended Kinross Wolaroi School.

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.

International career

In November 2022, she was named in the T20I squad for their series against India. She made her WT20I debut in the 2nd WT20I of the series on 11 December 2022. In December 2022, Litchfield was named in the Australian ODI squad for a series against Pakistan. 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.

In March 2023, she was named in Australia's Test squad for the Ashes series against England. She made her Test debut in that match, on 22 June 2023.

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. She became the second-youngest Australian woman to hit an ODI century.