Phoebe Litchfield has been forced to abandon her brilliant campaign in the Women's Premier League, her loss spelling seriously bad news for Meg Lanning, her fellow Australian and captain at UP Warriorz.
Switch-hitting virtuoso Litchfield had been Lanning's go-to batter in the Indian league, the tournament's third-highest scorer in 2026 and a key hope for the Lucknow-based team to still eke out a place in the playoffs.
But the 22-year-old has suffered a quad injury and has returned home to Australia for treatment, with the hope that she'll be fit for the multi-format series against India, which will feature three T20s, three ODIs and a Test match. The first game, a T20I in Sydney, will be on February 15.
