‘I’ve learnt a lot about my game’ – Phoebe Litchfield talks of her progress following sensational knock against West Indies

Phoebe Litchfield. (Photo Source: Jan Kruger – ECB/ECB via Getty Images)

Australian youngster Phoebe Litchfield is witnessing quite the rise to the top. In recent months, the 20-year-old has come forward to talk about her progress and even talked about how she has been pondering shifting to a power mindset. Phoebe Litchfield talked of her progress after her brilliant knock against the West Indies women in the second T20I of the ongoing series. Despite Australia losing the game, Litchfield’s performance was one that will be remembered for quite some time.

Litchfield opined that in the past year, she has learned quite a lot about her game. Furthermore, she also emphasised the mental side of the sport and how she dealt with a disappointing summer in the Women’s Ashes 2023.

“I think over the past 12 months I’ve learnt a lot about my game, and on the mental side of it, during the Ashes campaign I probably didn’t have the best series, so dealing with that disappointment and also riding the waves with the team – we hadn’t lost much in the past (while),” Phoebe Litchfield was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.

“Over the last six months, I think I’ve learned just a lot about my game as a whole and the mental side and dealing with the highs and lows of international cricket,” she concluded.

Batting heroics of Phoebe Litchfield gets overshadowed by Hayley Matthews’ thrilling knock

Meanwhile, speaking of the game, Phoebe Litchfield scored just 52 runs in just 19 deliveries, thereby equalling Sophie Devine’s record of scoring the fastest fifty in a women’s T20I. Speaking of the game, after some brilliant performances by the batters, Australia women scored 212 runs on the board in the first innings. 

However, the West Indies women came in with all guns blazing. Hayley Matthews amassed 132 runs in 64 deliveries. With Stafanie Taylor adding 59 runs on the board, the West Indies chased down the mammoth target, won the game by seven wickets, and levelled the series. 

With the series tied at 1-1, both sides will look to put in a good performance when they face off against each other in the final T20I on Thursday, October 5.