lisa sthalekar Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
lisa sthalekar is a cricketer(sportsman) from Australia. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Lisa Carprini Sthalekar
Born
August 13, 1979, Poona (now Pune), Maharashtra, India
Age
44 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Teams he has played for:
- Australia Women
- New South Wales Women
- Sydney Sixers Women
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Lisa’s all-round prowess was a central part of Australia’s fortunes during the 2000s, including their World Cup win in 2005 where her credentials as a world class all-rounder were displayed on the grandest stage, including a half-century in the final. Lisa added more silverware in 2010 and 2012 when Australia emerged victorious in the World Twenty20 tournaments and in 2013 where they notched up another World Cup title. She also played a prominent role in Test cricket although she didn’t get to play for long in the format. A strong character, Lisa’s ability to rise to the occasion was evident in most of the tournament finals that she played in.
Lisa was born in Pune, India but was adopted by an Australian couple who were settled in USA. Eventually the family settled in Sydney and it was her father who sowed the seeds of cricket in Lisa from a very tender age. As she grew up, the talent was evident and she excelled at school levels where it was obvious that she would go on to make it big. One of Lisa’s biggest strengths was her flexibility to adapt across formats and this is what made her the great player that she became.
She won the ICC Women’s Player of the Year in successive years (2007,2008) while also being awarded the ICC Women’s T20 Player of the Year in 2012. For a player of such class and stature, Lisa’s career had the perfect ending in 2013 with Australia lifting the World Cup in India, her country of birth. She decided to retire after the success and soon, switched to television commentary where she has been active ever since.
Written by Hariprasad Sadanandan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
A flamboyant all-rounder, Sthalekar is a hard hitting batsman and bowls offspin. Born in India, she plays for New South Wales and scored her maiden Test hundred against England in 2003. She also averages under twenty with the ball in Test cricket. Sthalekar has enjoyed a satisfying run of form in recent times, including a half-century against India in the 2006 Test at the Adelaide Oval where she also took her career-best, 5 for 30, in the second innings as Australia won by an innings and four runs. In the 2006-07 season she guided the New South Wales Breakers to their ninth Women's National Cricket League title in 11 years scoring 83 in the final. In February 2007, Sthalekar, now the vice-captain of Australia, won the Women's International Cricketer of the Year for Australia, edging out Karen Rolton, the captain, by one vote. And she was up for a further honour, too, being shortlisted for the ICC Women's Player of the Year in 2007, which was won in its first year, by Rolton.
Cricinfo Staff September 2007