123 Facts About Lisa Sthalekar

Lisa Carprini Sthalekar was born on 13 August 1979 and is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer and captain of the Australia women's national cricket team.

Lisa Sthalekar was a right-handed all rounder who bowled off spin, and was rated as the leading all rounder in the world when rankings were introduced.

Lisa Sthalekar was the first woman to score 1,000 runs and take 100 wickets in ODIs.

Lisa Sthalekar announced her retirement from international cricket a day after the Australian team won the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Lisa Sthalekar improved her performance over the next two seasons, taking 8 and 15 wickets respectively.

Lisa Sthalekar made her first half-century, compiling four in all for the season.

Lisa Sthalekar totalled 347 runs, more than her four previous seasons combined, and took 11 wickets as New South Wales won their sixth consecutive WNCL with a clean sweep.

Lisa Sthalekar struggled with the ball in the next two international seasons, taking only eight wickets in 12 matches, but she did break through with the bat at international level, making three half-centuries in six matches.

Lisa Sthalekar played in each match of Australia's unbeaten 2005 World Cup triumph in South Africa, taking seven wickets in all, and scoring 55 against India in the final.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the season with consecutive ODI fifties against New Zealand and won the Belinda Clark Award for both 2007 and 2008.

Australia defeated New Zealand in all eight ODIs and Lisa Sthalekar was prominent with the ball, taking 12 wickets from seven matches.

Originally named Laila at birth, Lisa Sthalekar was born in the city of Pune in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.

Three weeks after her birth, Lisa Sthalekar's family brought her back to the United States.

Lisa Sthalekar then joined the Gordon club in northern Sydney; playing with the boys on the weekend mornings before competing with the women during the afternoon.

Lisa Sthalekar attended primary schooling at Cherrybrook Public School, early high school years at Cherrybrook Technology High School and later attended Barker College, a private Anglican school on the north shore of Sydney.

Lisa Sthalekar later completed a Bachelor of Arts at Sydney University, majoring in psychology and religious studies.

Lisa Sthalekar played in five matches including the finals series against South Australia.

Lisa Sthalekar ended her maiden WNCL series with 25 runs at 25.00 and one wicket at 120.00 at an economy rate of 3.00.

Lisa Sthalekar batted in the middle-order on occasions and scored 76 runs at 19.00 from four innings in seven matches.

Lisa Sthalekar took wickets in all but one match, ending with eight at 21.87.

Lisa Sthalekar scored 68 runs at 34.00 from five innings in ten matches.

Lisa Sthalekar took 15 wickets at 16.00 at an economy rate of 3.15, including four three-wicket hauls; all four matches ended in a New South Wales victory.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the series with 108 runs at 54.00 and six wickets at 22.50 and an economy rate of 3.46.

Lisa Sthalekar struggled in the first three matches, taking only one wicket and scoring 21 runs.

Lisa Sthalekar scored 112 runs at 18.66 and took 11 wickets at 17.45 with an economy rate of 2.25.

Lisa Sthalekar was overlooked for the one-off Test and made her international debut in the first One Day International at County Ground, Derby, playing in a specialist bowler's position.

Lisa Sthalekar was then left out of the team for the third and final ODI, so she missed out on the opportunity to play at Lord's, the home of cricket.

Lisa Sthalekar played in all the matches and scored eight runs at 4.00 and took two wickets at 26.00 with an economy rate of 3.21, being run out in each match.

Lisa Sthalekar was not on hand when the target of 187 was reached, having been run out.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the season with 347 runs at 38.55 and 11 wickets at 24.00 at an economy rate of 3.14.

Lisa Sthalekar has scored more runs in one season than she had done in her first four.

Lisa Sthalekar's batting was not effective, yielding 21 runs at 4.25, but she was incisive and economical with the ball, taking five wickets at 4.80 and economy rate of 1.33.

Lisa Sthalekar took one wicket in the first five matches before failing to dismiss anyone in the final ODI, ending with five wickets at 38.00 and an economy rate of 4.31.

Lisa Sthalekar scored 88 runs at 17.60, making 33 in the first and last matches.

Lisa Sthalekar played in all but the fourth round-robin match, against England, as Australia won all seven matches, defeating the hosts 214 to 105 in the final.

Lisa Sthalekar was not prominent with the ball, taking three wickets at 51.33, although she remained economical, conceding 3.58 runs per over.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the series with 189 runs at 37.80.

Lisa Sthalekar made her debut in the First Test at the Gabba in Brisbane.

Lisa Sthalekar is the 143rd woman to play Test cricket for Australia.

Lisa Sthalekar was then given the duty of opening the batting alongside captain Belinda Clark.

Lisa Sthalekar was not successful as Australia then collapsed to be all out for 78; Sthalekar made six from 14 balls and occupied the crease for 13 minutes before being trapped lbw by Lucy Pearson in her maiden Test innings.

Lisa Sthalekar was retained for the Second Test at Bankstown Oval in her home town Sydney, but after her failure as an opener in the preceding match, she returned to her conventional position in the middle-order.

Lisa Sthalekar made 18 from 94 balls, combining with Jones for a 65-run partnership in 99 minutes to steady the innings.

Lisa Sthalekar was then dismissed by Pearson, triggering an Australian collapsed to 134 all out, losing their last seven wickets for 44 runs.

Lisa Sthalekar then combined with Alex Blackwell to take Australia out of trouble, putting on 136 for the fifth wicket before the latter fell for 58.

However a form slump followed as Lisa Sthalekar scored only 39 runs and took one wicket in the next four matches; this included a three-match run included a loss to South Australia and a tie and loss against Victoria.

Lisa Sthalekar took a wicket in each of the remaining matches, which New South Wales won by five and seven wickets respectively to regain the WNCL title, but she contributed little with the bat, scoring 24 and 3.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the season with 256 runs at 28.45 and 14 wickets at 17.92 with an economy rate of 2.58 from 11 matches.

Lisa Sthalekar was consistent with the ball for the Rose Bowl series, which consisted of three matches each in New Zealand and then Australia.

Lisa Sthalekar played in all six matches and took two wickets in three of them, and one wicket in each of the remaining fixtures, ending with nine wickets at 18.44 and an economy rate of 2.91.

Lisa Sthalekar scored an unbeaten 96 in the second match of the season against Western Australia and in the first four matches had scored 154 runs, being dismissed only twice, one of these times by a run out.

Lisa Sthalekar took four wickets in these matches and the season was adjourned for a seven-match ODI tour of her native country India, where the Australians were met by dry spin-friendly surfaces.

Lisa Sthalekar was prominent with both bat and ball as Australia took the first two matches in Mysore.

Lisa Sthalekar scored 152 runs at 25.33 and took eight wickets at 24.12 and an economy rate of 3.38.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the season with 250 runs at 27.77 and 14 wickets at 21.64 at an economy rate of 3.06.

Lisa Sthalekar played in the first and third matches, both won by Australia, but did not play a prominent part in the victories, scoring 12 runs at 6.00 and taking one wicket at 29.00 from 11 overs.

Lisa Sthalekar was then unbeaten on one as Australia reached their target with eight wickets in hand.

Lisa Sthalekar made 28 not out as Australia achieved the target of 67 with all wickets intact.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the tournament with 165 runs at 41.25 and 7 wickets at 22.28 and an economy rate of 3.39.

Lisa Sthalekar bowled Claire Taylor for 41 before returning late in the innings to remove middle-order batsmen Arran Brindle and Rosalie Birch as England lost their last six wickets for 39 runs.

Lisa Sthalekar made 40 from 122 balls and put on a stand of 115 with Rolton before being removed by Katherine Brunt, starting a steady flow of wickets as Australia were all out for 223 to leave the hosts a target of 306.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the Tests with 77 runs at 19.25 and seven wickets at 21.00.

Australia and Lisa Sthalekar had more success in the five ODIs.

Lisa Sthalekar had a strong run with the bat, scoring two other scores of 40 or more to end with 140 runs at 28.00.

Lisa Sthalekar took six wickets at 25.00 at an economy rate of 4.28.

Lisa Sthalekar then played in Australia's inaugural Twenty20 international at the County Ground, Taunton, and only the second international match in the history of the new format.

Australia chased down the target of 152 with seven wickets in hand, but Lisa Sthalekar did not contribute with the bat, being dismissed for a duck.

Lisa Sthalekar ended with the top-score of 72 from 180 balls in Australia's 250.

Lisa Sthalekar was wicketless as the hosts bowled out the Indians for 93 to take a 157-run first innings lead and enforce the follow on.

Lisa Sthalekar later returned to take three late wickets, dismissing Sunetra Paranjpe, Jhulan Goswami and Nooshin Al Khadeer as the Indians lost their last five wickets for 25 runs.

Lisa Sthalekar was named the player of the match for her efforts.

Lisa Sthalekar played in all three matches as Australia swept the ODIs.

Lisa Sthalekar scored 31 runs at 31.00 and took three wickets at 19.33 and an economy rate of 2.93.

Lisa Sthalekar was consistently productive, making 51,53,46,43 and 17 as Australia took a clean sweep of the ODIs, albeit with one-wicket victories in the first two matches.

Two of Lisa Sthalekar's dismissals came in run outs, and she ended with 210 runs at 42.00.

Lisa Sthalekar's bowling was not so effective, yielding three wickets at 46.66 at an economy rate of 3.50.

Lisa Sthalekar failed to capitalise on her starts in these matches, making 40,27,31 and 0 as her team averaged 177 in the three losses.

New South Wales fought back to win their four remaining matches to qualify for the finals; in the last qualifying match, Lisa Sthalekar made 92 not out to guide her team to an eight-wicket win and seal their berth in the deciding matches against Victoria.

Lisa Sthalekar then scored three and went wicketless as Victoria squared the series with an eight-wicket the next day.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the series with 11 wickets at 27.36 at an economy rate of 2.95 and 325 runs at 36.11.

Lisa Sthalekar continued to be uneconomical in the final round-robin match against India, conceding 64 runs from her 10 overs, but took three wickets.

Lisa Sthalekar managed only three but Australia nevertheless won by six wickets to reach the final against New Zealand.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the series with 394 runs at 98.50, her best batting performance in an international series.

Lisa Sthalekar played in the first three of the five matches, scoring 69 runs at 69.00 and taking one wicket at 74.00 at an economy rate of 4.11.

Lisa Sthalekar then made 56 to lead her team to a seven-wicket win.

Lisa Sthalekar ended with 312 runs at 44.57 and 12 wickets at 14.58 at an economy rate of 2.73.

Lisa Sthalekar had Claire Taylor caught behind by Leonie Coleman for 79, before bowling wicket-keeper Sarah Taylor in her next over for 19.

Lisa Sthalekar then added a further 57 runs from 21.1 overs with Kate Blackwell before she was dismissed two runs short of her century by Beth Morgan, having batted for 204 balls and almost four hours, hitting 14 fours.

Lisa Sthalekar then made 61 not out to help steer Australia to their target of 250 and a series-clinching eight-wicket win.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the series with 155 runs at 38.75 and six wickets at 33.00 at an economy rate of 4.38.

At the start of the season, the International Cricket Council introduced player rankings system for women; Lisa Sthalekar occupied the No 1 all-rounder position ahead of Australian teammate Shelley Nitschke.

Lisa Sthalekar took one wicket in each of the last two matches and ended with seven wickets at 17.71 and an economy rate of 3.01.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the competition with 191 runs at 95.50 and ten wickets at 22.70 at an economy rate of 2.80.

The last match was washed out and Lisa Sthalekar ended with 79 runs at 26.33 and seven wickets at 19.28 at an economy rate of 4.15.

Lisa Sthalekar then made six as Australia fell short of their target on the Duckworth-Lewis method.

Lisa Sthalekar then missed the win over Pakistan by 107 runs.

Lisa Sthalekar returned for Australia's final Super Six match against England, and although the hosts won, it was not enough for them to place in the top two in the standings and qualify for the final.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the tournament with 70 runs at 14.00 and took 13 wickets at 15.69 at an economy rate of 3.45.

Lisa Sthalekar was selected for Australia's team for the inaugural Women's World Twenty20 held in England in 2009.

However, Lisa Sthalekar was not successful in the tournament with the ball.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the tournament with 109 runs at 36.33 and two wickets at 38.50 at an economy rate of 5.77.

Lisa Sthalekar played in all five ODIs, with consistent although unspectacular results.

Lisa Sthalekar took a wicket in all but one match and made three scores between 20 and 45.

Lisa Sthalekar ended with four wickets at 30.00 at an economy rate of 3.61, and scored 109 runs at 21.80.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the series with 34 runs at 17.00.

Lisa Sthalekar played in the one-off Test match at County Road in Worcestershire.

Lisa Sthalekar was then run out for seven as Australia set the hosts a target of 273 before the match was drawn.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the season with 348 runs at 49.71 and 13 wickets at 18.15 at an economy rate of 3.18.

In seven matches, Lisa Sthalekar scored 33 runs at 8.25 with a best of 20 against the Australian Capital Territory, and took six wickets at 22.33 at an economy rate of 4.78.

Lisa Sthalekar went wicketless in the fourth match and was rested from the final game.

Lisa Sthalekar scored 11 runs at 3.66 and took seven wickets at 15.85 and an economy rate of 3.36.

Lisa Sthalekar played in every match and Australia was whitewashed, although her bowling remained economical.

Lisa Sthalekar took five wickets at 20.60 and an economy rate of 5.46.

Lisa Sthalekar carried over her unproductive batting into the T20s, ending with 23 runs at 5.75.

Lisa Sthalekar was attacked on the first day, conceding 41 runs from seven overs without taking a wicket, before scoring 21 not out in a six-wicket win.

Lisa Sthalekar then made an unbeaten 19 and was at the crease when the winning runs were scored, sealing a six-wicket win.

Lisa Sthalekar ended the series with 40 runs at 40.00 and took five wickets at 24.00 with an economy rate of 4.80.

Lisa Sthalekar was part of the 2010 World Twenty20 winning team in the West Indies and played in all but one warm-up match.

Lisa Sthalekar faced one ball and was run out for a duck.

Lisa Sthalekar was not required to bat as the Australians reached their target of 120 with seven wickets and seven balls to spare.

Lisa Sthalekar scored 18 from 13 balls, including two boundaries, before being bowled by Sophie Devine after moving across outside off stump and trying to paddle scoop the ball down to fine leg in the 19th over.

Lisa Sthalekar did not take a wicket but conceded only 19 runs from her four overs.

The ball deflected to mid-on where Lisa Sthalekar stopped it and restricted the scoring to a single, sealing an Australian win by three runs.