Jhulan Goswami

Personal information

Full name

Jhulan Goswami

Born

25 November 1982
Nadia, West Bengal, India

Nickname

Babul

Height

5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)

Batting style

Right-hand bat

Bowling style

Right-arm medium fast

International information

National side

India women

Test debut (cap 8)

14 January 2002 v England women

Last Test

16 November 2015 v South Africa women

ODI debut (cap 100)

6 January 2002 v England women

Last ODI

8 July 2015 v New Zealand women

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	T20
Matches	8	100	6
Runs scored	263	420	43
Batting average	29.22	12.00	–
100s/50s	0/2	0/0	0/0
Top score	69	46	27*
Balls bowled	1618	4735	132
Wickets	33	109	2
Bowling average	16.36	22.66	60.50
5 wickets in innings	3	1	0
10 wickets in match	1	0	0
Best bowling	5/25	5/16	2/14
Catches/stumpings	5/–	38/–	2/–

Source: CricketArchive, 22 September 2009

Jhulan Goswami (Bengali: ঝুলন গোস্বামী) (born 25 November 1982 in Nadia, West Bengal, India) is an all round cricketer who plays for the India national women's cricket team, Bengal Women, East Zone Women as well as the Asia Women XI women's cricket team.On 1 February 2009, she was appointed to lead the team for the upcoming world cup.

An integral part of the team, Jhulan is noted for both her batting and bowling (right arm medium) capabilities. She has a Test bowling average of less than 20. In the 2006-07 season she guided the Indian team to first test series win in England.

She won the ICC Women's Player of the Year 2007 and the M.A. Chidambaram trophy for Best Women Cricketer in 2011.^[1] Recently she is no more the captain of the Indian Women's Cricket team. She is succeeded by Mitali Raj. Currently, she is first in ICC Women's ODI bowling rankings.

Also she was the fastest playing bowler in world women cricket after Cathryn Fitzpatrick retired.^[2]

Awards and Honors

2007 - ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year
2010 - Arjuna Award
2012 - Padma Shri ^[3]

References

↑ "Making Giant Strides". The Hindu. 14 December 2011. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
↑ "How Jhulan became the world's fastest bowler". 30 September 2006. Retrieved 2013-01-31.
↑ "Padma Awards". pib. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 2013-01-31.

External links

Cricinfo player profile

Preceded by Karen Rolton	ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Charlotte Edwards

Bowlers who have taken 100 Women's ODI wickets

Cathryn Fitzpatrick (180) Neetu David (141) Jhulan Goswami (135) Lisa Sthalekar (130) Clare Taylor (102) Isa Guha (100)

India squad – 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup runners-up

1 Raj (c) 2 Al Khadeer 3 Chopra 4 David 5 Dhar 6 Goswami 7 A Jain 8 K Jain 9 Kala 10 Kirkire 11 Malhotra 12 Marathe 13 A Sharma 14 J Sharma Coach: Shah

India squad – 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup

3 Raj 9 Dhar 10 Goswami (c) 18 Malhotra 20 Chopra 44 Sharma 72 Naik 73 Roy Deshpande Kamini Kaur Naidu Pradhan Sultana Raut

Padma Shri awards

1954–59 1960–69 1970–79 1980–89 1990–99 2000–09 2010–19

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