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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 59. Chapters: Lisa Sthalekar, Shelley Nitschke, Alex Blackwell, Leah Poulton, Ellyse Perry, Sarah Andrews, Lauren Ebsary, Rene Farrell, Rachael Haynes, Lindsay Reeler, Denise Annetts, Karen Rolton, Betty Wilson, Peggy Antonio, Karen Price, Jodie Fields, Zoe Goss, Belinda Clark, Jan Lumsden, Belinda Haggett, Julia Price, Cathryn Fitzpatrick, Lyn Larsen, Kate Blackwell, Julie Stockton, Leonie Coleman, Wendy Blunsden, Raelee Thompson, Denise Emerson, Una Paisley, Karen Brown, Mary Allitt, Anne Palmer, Lisa Keightley, Margaret Jennings, Muriel Picton, Peta Verco, Anne Gordon, Jill Kennare, Kirsten Pike, Mollie Dive, Miriam Knee, Melissa Bulow, Margaret Peden, Joanne Broadbent, Michelle Goszko, Sally Griffiths, Mel Jones, Lorraine Hill, Sharon Tredrea, Emma Sampson, Bronwyn Calver, Kris Britt, Hilda Hills. Excerpt: Lisa Carprini Sthalekar (born 13 August 1979, Pune, Maharashtra, India) is a female cricketer who plays for Australia, and captains New South Wales. One of the key players in the team, she is a right-handed all rounder who bowls off spin, and was rated as the leading all rounder in the world when rankings were introduced. She is the first woman to score 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets in ODIs. Sthalekar made her debut in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL) late in 1997-98 as a specialist bowler, but had little success, totalling 1/120 in her maiden campaign. She improved her performance over the next two seasons, taking 8 and 15 wickets respectively. In three years, she scored only 169 runs with a best score of 33. In 2000-01 Sthalekar took 11 wickets and scored 112 runs in the WNCL and was called into the Australian team for the first time. Playing as a bowler, she made her One Day International (ODI) debut against England and ended the tour of the British Isles with five wickets from as many matches. In 2001-02, St...
