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In the second match of the Women’s Premier League (WPL) 2026, UP Warriors (UPW) batsman Phoebe Litchfield batted brilliantly against Gujarat Giants (GG) and played a half-century (78). This was the first half-century of his WPL career, which he completed in just 24 balls. Thanks to his innings, UPW team remained in the match for most of the time. However, after his dismissal the team faltered and had to suffer a close defeat by 10 runs.
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How was Lichfield’s innings and partnership?
While chasing the target of 208 runs, UPW got the first blow on 3 runs. After that, Lichfield, who came to bat, strengthened the team by making a partnership of 70 runs with captain Meg Lanning (30). After this she made a partnership of 69 runs with Shweta Sehrawat (25) for the 5th wicket. During this period, Lichfield also completed its half-century. She was out after scoring 78 runs in 40 balls with 8 fours and 5 sixes.
Lichfield scored the second fastest half-century for UPW
Lichfield has now become the joint second fastest half-century batsman for UPW along with Kiran Navgire (24 balls vs Delhi Capitals, WPL 2025). Chinal Henry (18 balls vs Delhi Capitals, WPL 2025) is at number one.
How has Lichfield’s WPL career been?
Lichfield started his WPL career in the year 2024. So far, she has managed to score 277 runs in 15 matches at an average of 21.30 and strike rate of 130.66. This has been his best performance. Similarly, till now she has been successful in scoring 440 runs in 27 T-20 International matches at an average of 31.42 and strike rate of 140.12. It also includes 2 half-centuries. His best performance has been 64 not out.
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