fastest at 75mph

Jhulan Goswami

Indian women are touring Australia.
The selection committee named a surprised Jhulan Goswami as captain.
Only 24 years old, she is one of the younger players in the squad.

How Jhulan became the world’s fastest bowler

The Rediff Special/Harish Kotian | September 30, 2006
What started as a pastime as a little girl finally became a dream come true for Jhulan Goswami.
“I used to play tennis ball cricket with boys near my house when I was 13. Little did I realise then that one day I would become India’s fastest bowler,” said the Indian women’s cricket team’s star bowler on Friday.

Goswami still remembers the day when the boys stopped her from bowling because she was too slow for their liking. “They used to thrash me all around for sixes because my bowling was so slow. So they asked me to stop bowling at them and just go and bat. It was then that I made up my mind to bowl fast,”

It shouldn’t really come as a surprise,
she was voted the ICC Women’s Player of Year in 2007 -
the year none of the Indian male player found any individual awards.

Jhulan Goswami to wear golden armband

The Hindu | Thursday, Oct 30, 2008
Dubai: The Indian womenâ?(tm)s cricket team captain Jhulan Goswami will wear a golden armband during the upcoming five-match one-day series against Australia to celebrate her No. 1 ranking in the bowlersâ?(tm) list of ICC ODI rankings. â€œIt will be a big thing for me in my career and I am hopeful that I will maintain my standards and will do well for my country,â€ she said. â€” PTI

Our very best wishes, ma’am, may you go from strength to strength.

Cricket is much more than the full nations’ men ‘elbowing’ each other on the pitch.
We so easily lose focus off the associate and affiliate members and the womens’ cricket.