What makes Litchfield unique, however, is her variety.
While the majority of her runs with the shot have come between third man and extra cover, as is the norm, 10% have come in ‘the V’ back down the ground.
No player – man or woman – can match that.
One stunning straight four back over the head of left-arm wrist-spinner Millie Taylor to seal a win against Birmingham Phoenix earlier in The Hundred was the perfect example.
“I practise it a lot in the nets,” Litchfield says.
“The practice was pretty much – OK, an [off-spinner] comes to bowl at me, and I’m going to try to switch hit you every ball. Work out what works and work out what doesn’t.
“I have dropped the bat a few times. I have got the grip wrong a few times.”
Litchfield admits it is a shot that is entirely premeditated.
Having made up her mind, she often makes her first move before the bowler has delivered the ball and then clears her left leg to give her as much access to the ball as possible.
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