Mithali Dorai Raj is an Indian cricketer and former captain of the India women's national cricket team from 2004 to 2022. Mithali is the highest run-scorer in women's international cricket and is considered one of the greatest female cricketers of all time. Mithali is the recipient of 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.
Charlotte Marie Edwards is an English former cricketer and current cricket coach and commentator. She played primarily as a right-handed batter. She appeared in 23 Test matches,191 One Day Internationals and 95 Twenty20 Internationals for England between 1996 and 2016. She played domestic cricket in England for East Anglia,Kent,Hampshire and Southern Vipers,as well as overseas for Northern Districts,Western Australia,Perth Scorchers,South Australia and Adelaide Strikers.
Rebecca Jane Rolls is a New Zealand former cricketer and association footballer who represented New Zealand in both sports. In cricket,she played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter,and appeared in 1 Test match,104 One Day Internationals and 2 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 1997 and 2007. She played domestic cricket for Central Districts and Auckland. In football,she made 21 appearances for New Zealand.
Isobel Mary Helen Cecilia Joyce is an Irish former cricketer. She played as a right-handed batter and left-arm medium pace bowler. She appeared in one Test match,79 One Day Internationals and 55 Twenty20 Internationals for Ireland between 1999 and 2018. She played in her final match for Ireland in November 2018,during the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament. She played domestic cricket for Scorchers,Tasmania and Hobart Hurricanes.
Nicola Jayne Shaw is an English cricketer and former member of the England women's cricket team. She played for England from 1999 until 2010,making 97 international appearances. She was named as player of the match when England beat New Zealand in the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup Final,taking a career-best four wickets for 34 runs. She retired from international cricket in 2010,ahead of a move to Australia,where she played domestic cricket until the end of the 2015–16 season.
Suzanne Redfern is an English cricket umpire and former player. She played for the England women's team between 1995 and 1999,including at the 1997 World Cup.
Kathleen Munroe is a Canadian actress.
Alyssa Jean Healy is an Australian cricketer who plays for the Australian women's national team and New South Wales in domestic cricket,as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL. She made her international debut in February 2010.
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.
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 Trinbago Knight Riders,Adelaide Strikers and North West Thunder,and has previously played for Barbados,Trinidad and Tobago,Lancashire Thunder,London Spirit,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.
Katey Jane Martin is a New Zealand former cricketer who played as a wicket-keeper and right-handed batter. She appeared in one Test match,103 One Day Internationals and 95 Twenty20 Internationals for New Zealand between 2003 and 2022. She played domestic cricket for Otago and Melbourne Stars.
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.
Cricket is a minor sport in Iraq,with the majority of national focus on football,followed by basketball,swimming,weightlifting,bodybuilding,taekwondo,boxing,kickboxing,and tennis. Sporting activity in general has been limited somewhat by the Iraq War and succeeding conflicts. Iraq is not a member of the International Cricket Council,and what cricket is found has been introduced to schools largely through the British Armed Forces,or played between the militaries of the various Commonwealth forces stationed there –most often Australian,British and New Zealand troops.
Hayley Kristen Matthews is a Barbadian sportswoman. She plays international cricket for the West Indies as an all-rounder,batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She plays domestic cricket for Barbados,Barbados Royals and Melbourne Renegades,and has previously played for Tasmania,Lancashire Thunder,Southern Vipers,Loughborough Lightning,Velocity and Hobart Hurricanes. She has also represented Barbados in the javelin throw at several international track and field competitions. In June 2022,Matthews was named as the captain of the West Indies women's cricket team,taking over from Stafanie Taylor.
Sophie Ecclestone is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire,North West Thunder,Manchester Originals,Sydney Sixers,UP Warriorz and England. 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.
Amelia Charlotte Kerr is a New Zealand cricketer who currently plays for Wellington and New Zealand. On 13 June 2018,Kerr made the highest individual score in a WODI match,and became the youngest cricketer,male or female,to score a double century in One Day International cricket,when she scored 232 not out against Ireland. The double century was also the third-highest individual score,male or female,in an ODI,second-highest by a New Zealander and highest in a Women's ODI. Later in the same match,she also took 5 wickets for 17 runs,her first five-wicket haul in WODIs.
These are the squads for the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. The captains of each team were announced on 21 April 2017.
The Guyana women's cricket team is the women's representative cricket team of the country of Guyana. They compete in the Women's Super50 Cup and the Twenty20 Blaze.
