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- ↑ "ICC Women's World Twenty20 2009/England Women Squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ↑ "ICC Women's World Twenty20 2009/India Women Squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
- ↑ "ICC Women's World Twenty20 2009/New Zealand Women Squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ↑ "ICC Women's World Twenty20 2009/Pakistan Women Squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ↑ "ICC Women's World Twenty20 2009/South Africa Women Squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ↑ "ICC Women's World Twenty20 2009/Sri Lanka Women Squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ↑ "ICC Women's World Twenty20 2009/West Indies Women Squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2021.