New Delhi: Phoebe Litchfield put on a stunning batting display in the ongoing women’s ODI World Cup semifinal against India at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai. The left-handed opener dominated the Indian bowling attack and showed no sign of nerves despite the magnitude of the match to register her third ODI century and first in the World Cup.

Litchfield’s positive and fearless approach unsettled the Indian bowlers, who had no answers to her strokes. The young batter justified her captain, Alyssa Healy’s decision to bat first in the second semifinal of the marquee event.

While Healy, the experienced of the two opening batters, found it difficult against the new ball, Litchfield, it seemed, was batting on a different track. Her free-flowing strokes, especially through the offside,

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