The legendary Jhulan Goswami bowed out from worldwide cricket with but one other milestone to her identify. Jhulan, on Saturday, turned the primary ever cricketer in girls’s ODI historical past to bowl 10,000 deliveries.
The 39-year-old retires after having bowled a whopping 10,005 deliveries in 204 ODIs. Her 255 wickets in the format are additionally essentially the most by any in girls’s ODI historical past.
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The subsequent most in the listing is Katherine Brunt of England who has 6847 deliveries from 141 matches up to now.
Rank | Name | Matches | Deliveries |
1 | Jhulan Goswami | 204 | 10005 |
2 | Katherine Brunt | 141 | 6847 |
3 | Anisa Mohammed | 141 | 6252 |
4 | Shabnim Ismail | 127 | 6170 |
5 | Cathryn Fitzpatrick | 109 | 6017 |
Most deliveries in girls’s ODI cricket
India accomplished a 3-0 clear sweep of England in a three-match ODI collection at Lord’s to give their extremely adorned bowler a becoming farewell. The right-arm pacer thus accomplished a 20-year worldwide profession after having debuted in 2002.
“I know it was her last game but we’ll always remember her, she’s always with us and she’s just a call away when we need her. I’m thankful we had the chance to play with her,” India captain Harmanpreet Kaur, who broke down forward of the match, mentioned in the course of the presentation.
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Ahead of the match Jhulan had thanked her well-wishers and talked about how she wants to maintain her feelings in management. “I’d like to thank the BCCI, my friends, my family, my coaches, teammates, captains. Everyone, thanks for this opportunity, this is a very special moment. I have to (keep emotions in check), I can’t come with all those emotions onto the cricket field. As a ruthless character, I have to come out and play hard cricket and give my best (to go out on a high at Lord’s),” she mentioned.
India defeated England by 16 runs in the third and ultimate ODI to full a 3-0 clear sweep. Batting first, the vacationers had been bowled out for 169 in 45.4 overs with Kate Cross claiming 4 wickets. For India, Deepti Sharma top-scored with an unbeaten 68 whereas opener Smriti Mandhana made 50.
In reply, England slumped to 65/7 earlier than Charlotte Dean and Amy Jones revived them. However, Dean was run out on 47 because the hosts folded for 153 in 43.3 overs.
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