Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played all formats of the game. Considered as one of the best swing bowlers in world cricket,Kulasekara was ranked number one in the ODI bowlers rankings on 11 March 2009 and remained in that position until 26 September of that year becoming the only Sri Lankan to achieve the feat. He was educated at Bandaranayake College,Gampaha.
Anya Shrubsole is an English cricketer who currently plays for Berkshire,Southern Vipers and the Southern Brave. She played for England between 2008 and 2022,and has previously played domestic cricket for Somerset,Western Storm and Perth Scorchers. She plays as a right-arm medium pace bowler and right-handed lower-order batter. She made her England debut in 2008,and was Player of the Match in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Final. In 2018,she became the first woman to appear on the cover of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. In April 2022,Shrubsole announced her retirement from international cricket.
Danévan Niekerk is a South African cricketer born in Pretoria and educated at Centurion High School. A leg spin bowler,she has appearances in Test,One-Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) representing South Africa and is the women's team captain in all three forms since June 2016. She was the first bowler for South Africa to take 100 wickets in WODIs.
Deandra Jalisa Shakira Dottin is a Barbadian cricketer and former track and field athlete. A right-handed batter and right-arm fast bowler,Dottin made her debut for the West Indies women's cricket team in June 2008. She plays as a hard-hitting lower-order batter,and scored the first century in a Women's Twenty20 International in 2010. She played in her 100th Women's One Day International (WODI) match,when the West Indies played India in the group stage of the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup,on 29 June 2017. She plays domestic cricket for Barbados and Trinbago Knight Riders,and has previously played for Trinidad and Tobago,Lancashire Thunder,London Spirit,North West Thunder,Perth Scorchers,Brisbane Heat,Trailblazers and Supernovas.
Stafanie Roxann Taylor is a Jamaican cricketer who is a former captain of the West Indies women's cricket team. She has represented them over 250 times since her debut in 2008. A right-handed batter and off break bowler,Taylor was selected as the 2011 ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year –the first West Indian to receive the accolade. She was also the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for the West Indies. She plays domestic cricket for Jamaica and Guyana Amazon Warriors and has previously played for Auckland,Sydney Thunder,Adelaide Strikers,Western Storm,Southern Vipers,Southern Brave and Trailblazers.
Danielle Hazell is an English cricket coach and former player. She is currently the coach of English domestic team Northern Diamonds. As a player she was an off break bowler who batted right-handed. She represented England in all three formats of the game,playing three Test matches,53 One Day Internationals and 85 Twenty20 Internationals.
Sunette Loubser is a South African former cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm off break bowler. She appeared in two Test matches,60 One Day Internationals and 43 Twenty20 Internationals for South Africa between 2007 and 2014,including captaining the side in 2009. At the time of her retirement she was South Africa's leading wicket-taker in One Day Internationals. She played domestic cricket for Boland.
Cri-Zelda Brits,also written Crizelda Brits and Cri-zelda Brits is a South African cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler,Brits was originally called up to the South Africa national women's cricket team as an opening bowler in 2002. She developed into an all-rounder,and since 2005 has established herself as a specialist batsman. She captained South Africa in 23 matches in 2007 and 2008,but was replaced as captain in 2009 in order to "concentrate entirely on her own performance." She was reappointed as captain for the 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20. Between 2007 and 2011 she captain South Africa a total of 36 times.
Tamsin Tilley Beaumont is an English cricketer. She opens the batting for Kent and England,and has previously kept wicket. She has also played for other domestic teams in both England and Australia.
Anisa Mohammed is a Trinidadian cricketer who plays for Trinidad and Tobago,Trinbago Knight Riders and the West Indies. She plays as a right-arm off spin bowler. Since her international debut at 15 years of age she has played in 122 One Day International (WODI) and 111 Twenty20 International (WT20I) matches. Mohammed was the first cricketer,male or female,to take 100 wickets in T20Is. In WODIs,she is currently fifth on the all-time dismissals list with 151 wickets to her name. She was also the first bowler for the West Indies to take 100 wickets in WODIs,and the first for the West Indies to take a hat-trick in a Women's Twenty20 International match.
Kuldeep Yadav is an Indian international cricketer who plays for India and for Uttar Pradesh in domestic cricket. He was signed by the Delhi Capitals for the 2022 Indian Premier League. He has played for the India Under-19 cricket team. On 18 December 2019,against the West Indies,he became the first bowler for India to take two hat-tricks in international cricket. On 17 January 2020,in the second ODI against Australia,Yadav became the fastest spin bowler for India,in terms of innings,to take 100 wickets in ODI cricket,in his 58th innings.
Maxwell Patrick "Max" O'Dowd is a Dutch international cricketer who made his debut for the Dutch national side in June 2015. In the North Sea Pro Series,he has played for the Northern Hurricanes. O'Dowd made his Twenty20 International debut for the Netherlands against Nepal on 1 July 2015.
Leigh Meghan Kasperek is a Scottish cricketer who plays internationally for the New Zealand national team. She previously played for the Scottish national side,but switched to New Zealand in order to play at a higher level.
Ciara Johanna Metcalfe is an Irish former cricketer who played as a right-arm leg break bowler. She appeared in 1 Test match,53 One Day Internationals and 25 Twenty20 Internationals for Ireland between 1999 and 2018,playing her final match during the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament. She also played in the Women's Super Series for Dragons,and spent one season playing for Northamptonshire in 2018.
Afy Samantha Sharlyn Fletcher is a Grenadian cricketer who represents the West Indies internationally. A right-arm leg-spin bowler,she made her international debut in 2008. She plays domestic cricket for Windward Islands and Barbados Royals.
Shamilia Shontell Connell is a Barbadian cricketer who represents the West Indies internationally. A right-arm fast bowler,she made her international debut in 2014. She plays domestic cricket for Barbados and Guyana Amazon Warriors.
Alexandra Hartley is an English cricketer who currently plays for Lancashire,North West Thunder and Welsh Fire. She plays as a left-arm orthodox spin bowler. Between 2016 and 2019,she appeared in 28 One Day Internationals and four Twenty20 Internationals for England,and was part of the side that won the 2017 World Cup. She has previously played domestic cricket for Middlesex,Surrey Stars,Lancashire Thunder and Manchester Originals in England,as well as Tasmania and Hobart Hurricanes in Australia.
Sophie Ecclestone is an English cricketer who plays for the England women's cricket team and Manchester Originals. In December 2018,the International Cricket Council (ICC) named her the Emerging Player of the Year. At the end of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup in March 2020,she became the world's number one bowler in Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) cricket. In July 2021,Ecclestone was named the ICC Women's Player of the Month for June 2021.
