Karen Louise Rolton is an Australian former cricketer and captain of the national women's team. A left-handed batter,she has scored the most runs for her country in women's Test cricket.
Belinda Jane Clark is an Australian former cricketer and sports administrator. A right-handed batter,she served as the captain of the national women's team for eleven years and was a member of triumphant World Cup campaigns in 1997 and 2005. The first player to record a double century in the One Day International (ODI) format of the game,Clark has scored the most runs and captained the most matches of any Australian woman in ODIs. She has also achieved emphatic success domestically,winning five championships with New South Wales and two with Victoria while playing in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL).
Deborah Ann Hockley is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a right-handed batter and right-arm medium bowler. Hockley was the first woman to become President of New Zealand Cricket.
The India women's national cricket team,also known as Women in Blue,represents India in women's international cricket. It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI),and is a full member of International Cricket Council (ICC) with Women's Test cricket,Women's One Day International (WODI),and Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) status.
Mithali Dorai Raj is an Indian former cricketer and captain of the India women's national cricket team from 2004 to 2022. She is the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket,and ESPN ranked her as one of the greatest female cricketers of all time. Raj has received several national and international awards,including the Wisden Leading Woman Cricketer in the World in 2017,Arjuna Award in 2003,the Padma Shri in 2015,and Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna in 2021.
Sandhya Agarwal is a former captain of the Indian women's cricket team. She hails from Indore.
Enid Bakewell played for the English women's cricket team in 12 Tests between 1968 and 1979,and in 23 one-day international matches. A right-handed batter and slow left-arm orthodox bowler,on her figures she has a strong claim to be regarded as the best all-rounder that the English women's game has produced. In Tests she scored 1,078 runs at an average of 59.88,with 4 centuries,as well as taking 50 wickets at an average of 16.62. In what proved to be her final Test,she scored 68 and 112* and took 10 for 75 against West Indies at Edgbaston in 1979. Her final WODI appearance was in the final of the 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup.
Cathryn Lorraine Fitzpatrick is an Australian former cricketer. She was recognised as the world's fastest female bowler throughout her career and became the first woman to take 100 One Day International wickets. She appeared in 13 Test matches,109 One Day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals for Australia between 1991 and 2007. She played domestic cricket for Victoria. In 2019,Fitzpatrick was inducted into both the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame and the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Sarah Jane Taylor is an English cricketer and cricket coach. She appeared in 10 Test matches,126 One Day Internationals and 90 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 2006 and her retirement from international cricket in 2019 due to an anxiety issue. Taylor is the fastest cricketer,male or female,to earn their first cap in all three formats of international cricket,doing so in the space of nine days against India in 2006.
Jaya Puranprakash Sharma is an Indian former cricketer who played as a left-handed batter. She appeared in one Test match,77 One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International for India between 2002 and 2008,including playing at the 2005 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for Delhi,Railways and Rajasthan.
Harmanpreet Kaur is an Indian cricketer who serves as the captain of the India women's national cricket team in all formats. She plays for and captains Mumbai Indians in the Women's Premier League. She plays as an all-rounder for the Indian women's cricket team;and was awarded the Arjuna Award for Cricket in the year 2017 by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
Punam Ganesh Raut,sometimes spelt Poonam Raut,is an Indian cricketer who plays for the Indian women's national team.
Tamsin Tilley Beaumont is an English cricketer who currently plays for Kent,The Blaze,Welsh Fire,Melbourne Renegades and England. She plays primarily as an opening batter and occasional wicket-keeper. She has previously played for Surrey Stars,Adelaide Strikers,Southern Vipers,Sydney Thunder and London Spirit.
Bethany Louise Mooney is an Australian professional cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as a batter in all three formats of the game. At the domestic level,she plays as a wicket-keeper-batter for Western Australia,Perth Scorchers in WBBL and for Gujarat Giant in WPL. In March 2020,at the conclusion of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020,she became the world's number one batter in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket.
Smriti Shriniwas Mandhana is an Indian cricketer who represents the Indian women's national team. She plays for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Women's Premier League (WPL). In domestic cricket,she represents the Maharashtra cricket team.
Poonam Yadav is an Indian cricketer who plays for the national women's cricket team as a leg-spin bowler. She made her debut in International cricket on 5 April 2013 in a Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) match against Bangladesh. Yadav's debut in Test Series on 16 November 2014 against South Africa and her ODI debut was on 12 April 2013 against Bangladesh.
Deepti Bhagwan Sharma is an Indian cricketer who plays for Bengal,Birmingham Phoenix and India. She is an all-rounder who bats left-handed and bowls right-arm off break and is currently ranked 3rd in the top all-rounders in the ICC Cricket Rankings. She is also the current third highest individual scorer by a woman cricketer in ODIs.
Jemimah Jessica Rodrigues is an Indian cricketer. She is an all-rounder who plays for the Indian national women's cricket team and Mumbai women's cricket team. In addition,she also played for the Under-17 Maharashtra field hockey team.
Shafali Verma is an Indian cricketer who plays for the India women's national cricket team. In 2019,at the age of 15,she became the youngest cricketer to play in a Women's Twenty20 International match for India. In June 2021,she became the youngest player,male or female,to represent India in all three formats of international cricket. On 8 October 2022 she became the youngest cricketer to complete 1000 runs in T20 Internationals. Under her captaincy,India won the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.
