India, Oct. 30 -- Australia opener Phoebe Litchfield sent the Indian cricket team on a leather hunt with a blistering century in the Women's World Cup 2025 semi-final match at the DY Patil Stadium in Navi Mumbai on Thursday. Opting to bat after winning the toss, Australia lost captain Alyssa Healy to a Kranti Gaud beauty just before rain stopped play in the sixth over but since the resumption, Litchfield took centre stage.

Litchfield blasted the fastest century in a World Cup knockout game to bring them to their knees very early in the contest. At 22 years and 195 days, Litchfield also became the youngest ever to reach a century in a Women's World Cup knockout game, and the second-youngest for Australia in the competition's history.

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