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Alyssa Healy-led Australia went past England’s 33-year-old record to smash a record six hundreds in a single Women’s ODI World Cup edition, with England registering five in the 1993 edition of the tournament.

Star batter Phoebe Litchfield’s blistering 119, along with fluent half-centuries from Ellyse Perry (77) and Ashleigh Gardner (63), powered Australia to a commanding 339-run target against a sloppy India in the second Women’s World Cup semifinal in Navi Mumbai on Thursday.

Unfazed by an early setback, Litchfield powered her way to a 77-ball hundred, her third in ODIs, laying the foundation for Australia’s imposing total.

There was not an area which Litchfield did not explore for runs and there was hardly a stroke she didn’t execute to perfection.

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