She may not have been the star of the show, but Phoebe Litchfield more than held her own during last week's quad series in Albury.
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The Orange batsman was part of the Women's Under 19 ACT/NSW Country team that defeated NSW Metro by seven wickets in the grand final on Tuesday.
The quad series also involved the Women's Under 19 Victorian Metropolitan and Country teams.
Litchfield scored 102 runs in her five innings during the campaign, good for an average of 25.5. She also snared two catches and contributed to a run out.
ACT/NSW Country did not lose a match across the five days in Albury with NSW Metro remaining undefeated against the Victorian teams.
Litchfield's NSW Breakers and Sydney Thunder teammate Anika Learoyd was the star of the tournament for the grand final winners.
Learoyd's 369 runs in seven matches - four T20, two 50-over and a 40-over final - included 107 not out from just 64 balls and better-than-a-run-a-ball 98.
The series was the first opportunity for Under 19 female players to represent their region given the cancellation of the U19 Women's National Championships this season due to related impacts of the coronavirus pandemic.
Other Central West stars set to strut their stuff are Maddie Spence (Parkes), Callee Black (Bathurst) and Aimee Longhurst (Dubbo) who were all selected in the Women's Under 16 ACT/NSW Country squad. They are set to take part in a mix of T20 and One-Day matches on April 15 and 16 at Raby Sports Complex in Sydney.
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