Litchfield, Sutherland centuries wipe Ireland out
Australia 221 for 0 (Sutherland 109, Litchfield 106), beat Ireland 217 (Prendergast 71, Garth 3-34, Gardner 3-38) by 10 wickets
Phoebe Litchfield turned the second youngest Australian girl to hit an ODI century en path to taking her nation to a snug 10-wicket win over Ireland in Dublin.
Chasing 218 for victory, Litchfield hit an unbeaten 106 and Annabel Sutherland hit 109 not out to assist Australia attain the goal in 35.5 overs.
The win wrapped the collection up 2-0 for Australia and ended their northern summer time tour after drawing the multi-format Ashes collection with England to retain the Ashes.
Playing with out Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry, Meg Lanning, Rachael Haynes or Megan Schutt in a global for the primary time in 14 years, Australia confirmed a glimpse of the longer term within the win.
Irish-born seamer Kim Garth took 3 for 34 towards her previous facet, whereas Ashleigh Gardner additionally claimed 3 for 38.
In reply, Sutherland and Litchfield took maintain as each struck their maiden white-ball worldwide centuries. Sutherland’s 109 from 101 balls included 11 boundaries, whereas Litchfield’s 106 from 114 featured 14 fours.
At 20 years and 101 days, the NSW prodigy additionally turned the youngest Australian girl apart from Meg Lanning to attain a century in a 50-over match.
“It means a lot,” Litchfield stated. “We spoke about trying to have a better start up top, and I have been pretty dry in the runs column. So for Bellsy [Sutherland] and I to go out and win the game, was pretty cool.”
Perry harm her knee whereas batting in Australia’s ODI win over Ireland on Tuesday, and has now been dominated out for as much as six weeks with the damage.
And after battling by means of the Ashes with a fracture in her left index finger and proper ring finger, Healy suffered a recent break in her index finger on Tuesday after one other blow.
Australia count on each to be match to return for his or her subsequent worldwide towards West Indies in early October, whereas Litchfield will change Healy on the Northern Superchargers in The Hundred.
Healy and Perry’s absences do come as a sizeable blow to The Hundred, given they’re two of the largest names in girls’s cricket.