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Full name | Isa Tara Guha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England | 21 May 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut(cap 137) | 14 August 2002 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 22 January 2011 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 94) | 10 August 2001 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 21 October 2011 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 5) | 5 August 2004 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 29 October 2011 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1998–1999 | Thames Valley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2014 | Berkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:CricketArchive,7 March 2021 |
Isa Tara Guha (born 21 May 1985) is a British cricket commentator,television and radio cricket broadcaster,and a former England cricketer who played in the 2005 World Cup and the 2009 World Cup. [1]
She cites winning the World Cup in 2009 as a career highlight. [2] She played as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in 8 Test matches,83 One Day Internationals and 22 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 2001 and 2011. She played domestic cricket for Thames Valley and Berkshire. [3]
Guha was born in High Wycombe,England. Her parents emigrated to the United Kingdom from Calcutta,West Bengal,India,in the 1970s. [4] Guha started playing cricket with her older brother when she was about eight [4] and was selected for the Development England side at 13. [5]
She went to Wycombe High School,a grammar school for girls. [6] Guha graduated with a degree in biochemistry and molecular biology and gained an MPhil in neuroscience,both at University College London. [7] [8]
A right arm fast-medium bowler,Guha made her Test debut at 17 against India during their tour in 2002. [9] As part of the same tour,Guha played in the 2002 Women's Tri-Series,and performed well,taking three wickets in England's loss against New Zealand in the final. [10] She was the first woman of Indian heritage to play for England. [11]
In 2002,Guha was named BBC Asian Network Sports Personality of the Year. [12] Her best bowling in 44 One-Day Internationals is the 5 for 14 she took against the West Indies in 2008. [13] As of 31 December 2008,she was ranked the number one bowler in the ICC Women's One Day International rankings.[ citation needed ] She took a career best 5 for 40 in her seventh Test match,against Australia at the Bradman Oval in Bowral in February 2008 and took nine wickets in the match,winning the player of the match award [14] as England retained the Ashes. [15] She was part of the England team which won the 2009 World Cup. She announced her retirement from international cricket on 9 March 2012,although she said she would continue to play county cricket for Berkshire. [16]
Guha,along with Lynsey Askew,shares the world record partnership for the ninth wicket –73 runs –in Women's ODI history. [17] [18]
Guha writes a column for the BBC Sport website [19] and is a Test Match Special commentator. [20] She joined ITV Sport in April 2012 as a co-presenter of ITV4's coverage of the Indian Premier League. [21] [22] [23]
In 2016,Guha was a member of the inaugural Triple M radio Test cricket commentary team in Australia. [24] In 2018,she was a commentator for Sky Sports for the England/Pakistan Test matches, [25] and was named as a commentator for Fox Cricket for their Australian cricket coverage. [26] She was also a member of the commentary team at the 2019 Cricket World Cup. In 2020 she was the lead presenter of a new BBC TV Test and ODI highlights show. [27] [28]
In 2023,Guha joined the presenting team for the BBC's coverage of the Wimbledon Championships. [29]
Isa Guha is an Ambassador (or "Supporter") [30] for Sporting Equals [31] and the British Asian Trust. [23] [32] In 2023,she launched the Got Your Back initiative in order to support female cricket players. [33]
Guha married her long-time boyfriend,musician Richard Thomas who is a member of the band Brother and Bones,in September 2018. [34]
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