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In a stunning display of batting prowess, Australia set a new record for the highest total in an ICC Women's ODI World Cup semi-final. The defending champions posted an impressive 338 in 50 overs against India in the 2025 semi-final at Navi Mumbai's DY Patil Sports Academy on Thursday. According to Cricbuzz, Australia also recorded the second-highest total in Women's ODI World Cup knockouts. Phoebe Litchfield was the star of the show for Australia, scoring a scintillating 119 off just 93 balls. She was well supported by Ellyse Perry (77) and Ashleigh Gardner (63), who scored half-centuries. Their contributions helped Australia set a daunting total of 338 runs for India. Despite some resistance from Indian bowlers Shree Charani, Renuka Singh, and Deepti Sharma, Australia managed to post the highest-ever score in a Women's World Cup semi-final. As mentioned, Australia recorded the second-highest total in Women's ODI World Cup knockouts. The Aussies top this list, having scored an incredible 356/5 against England in the 2022 final in Christchurch. According to Cricbuzz, Australia also registered the highest first-innings total against India in Women's ODI World Cups. They overtook England, who scored 288/8 in Indore earlier in this tournament. Australia hammered a total of 9 sixes, the most ever in a Women's World Cup knockout innings. While Gardner led the charge with 4 sixes, Litchfield and Perry slammed 3 and 2 maximums, respectively. Gardner recorded her third 50-plus score of the ongoing Women's ODI World Cup. According to Cricbuzz, she became the first player to score 300-plus runs from No. 6 or lower in a WODI WC edition. At 22 years and 195 days, Litchfield became the youngest to score a century in a Women's World Cup knockout match. Perry raced to 4,500 runs in WODI cricket, becoming the fourth Australian to do so.
