Mithali Dorai Raj is an Indian former cricketer and was 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.
Jhulan Nishit Goswami is an Indian former cricketer. She played for Indian women's cricket team from 2002 to 2022.
Alyssa Jean Healy is an Australian cricketer who plays and captains the Australian women's national team. She also plays for New South Wales in domestic cricket,as well as the Sydney Sixers in the WBBL and captains the UP Warriorz in Women's Premier League in India. She made her international debut in February 2010.
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.
Heather Clare Knight is an English cricketer who is captain of the England women's cricket team. She is a right-handed batter and right arm off spin bowler. Knight played in her 100th Women's One Day International match for England in December 2019.
Meghann Moira Lanning is a former Australian cricketer who formerly captained the national women's team. Lanning has been a member of seven successful world championship campaigns,winning two Women's Cricket World Cup and five ICC Women's World Twenty20 titles. She holds the record for the most Women's One Day International centuries and is the first Australian to score 2,000 Twenty20 International runs.
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.
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.
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.
Nuzhat Masih Parween is an Indian cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper. Domestically,she plays for Railways in the Women's Senior One Day Trophy and Women's Senior T20 Trophy. A multi-talented athlete,she is a former football captain of the Madhya Pradesh under-16 football team,she joined Singrauli's district cricket team in 2011. She made her debut for the Indian national team in November 2016,in a Twenty20 International series against the West Indies.
Ashleigh Katherine Gardner is an Australian cricketer who currently plays for the national women's team as an all-rounder. A right-handed batter and right-arm off spinner,Gardner also plays for New South Wales in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL),for the Sydney Sixers in the Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) and for the Gujarat Giants in the Women's Premier League (WPL). She has won three world championships and four national titles with her respective teams,while also gaining numerous individual honours,including the Belinda Clark Award.
The 2017 ICC Women's World Cup Final was a women's One Day International cricket match played between England and India to decide the winner of the 2017 Women's World Cup. England won the game by nine runs to secure their fourth World Cup title,with Anya Shrubsole named player of the match. It was one of the closest finals in tournament history,with only the 2000 final being decided by a narrower margin.
The India women's cricket team played South Africa women's cricket team in February 2018. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs) and five Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is). The WODI games are part of the 2017–20 ICC Women's Championship. India Women won the WODI series 2–1. India Women won the WT20I series 3–1,after the fourth match was washed out.
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.
The England women's cricket team played the India women's cricket team in April 2018. The tour consisted of three Women's One Day Internationals (WODIs). The matches followed a tri-series in India,which also featured the Australia women's cricket team. India won the series 2–1.
The 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup was the seventh edition of the ACC Women's Asia Cup,organized by the Asian Cricket Council (ACC). It took place between 3 and 10 June 2018 in Malaysia,and was the third edition played as a 20-over tournament. The tournament was contested between Bangladesh,India,Malaysia,Pakistan,Sri Lanka and Thailand. India were the defending champions.
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.
Sharanya "Sharu" Sadarangani is an Indian-born cricketer who plays for the Germany women's national cricket team as a wicket-keeper-batter,and sometimes as a bowler. Previously,she has played internationally for Denmark,and in English county cricket for Essex. In 2020,she became the first female cricketer to play in the European Cricket Series.
Shweta Sehrawat is an Indian women's cricketer who currently plays for the Delhi women's cricket team. She was the vice-captain of the India women's national under-19 cricket team for the 2023 ICC Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.
