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{{short description|Indian cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Diana Eduji
| female = true
| image =
| caption =
| fullname = Diana Fram Edulji
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|01|26|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay State]], [[India]]
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = [[Slow left arm orthodox]]
| role = [[All-rounder]]
| international = true
| country = India
| testdebutdate = 31 October
| testdebutyear = 1976
| testdebutagainst = West Indies
| testcap = 3
| lasttestdate = 19 February
| lasttestyear = 1991
| lasttestagainst = Australia
| odidebutdate = 1 January
| odidebutyear = 1978
| odidebutagainst = England
| odicap = 6
| lastodidate = 29 July
| lastodiyear = 1993
| lastodiagainst = Denmark
| columns = 2
| column1 = [[Women's Test cricket|WTest]]
| column2 = [[Women's One Day International|WODI]]
| matches1 = 20
| matches2 = 34
| runs1 = 404
| runs2 = 211
| bat avg1 = 16.16
| bat avg2 = 8.79
| 100s/50s1 = 0/1
| 100s/50s2 = 0/0
| top score1 = 57[[not out|*]]
| top score2 = 25
| deliveries1 = 5098+
| deliveries2 = 1961
| wickets1 = 63
| wickets2 = 46
| bowl avg1 = 25.77
| bowl avg2 = 16.84
| fivefor1 = 1
| fivefor2 = 0
| tenfor1 = 0
| tenfor2 = n/a
| best bowling1 = 6/64
| best bowling2 = 4/12
| catches/stumpings1 = 8/–
| catches/stumpings2 = 9/–
| source = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/54044.html Cricinfo]
| date = 25 April
| year = 2020
}}

'''Diana Fram Edulji''' (born 26 January 1956) is a former Indian Test cricketer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/women/content/story/1117594.html|title='BCCI a male chauvinist organisation' Edulji|access-date=28 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828194250/http://www.espncricinfo.com/women/content/story/1117594.html|archive-date=28 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Born in [[Mumbai]] to a Parsi family, she was drawn to sports at an early age. She grew up playing [[cricket]] with a tennis ball in the railway colony where she lived. She then went on to play [[basketball]] and [[table tennis]] at the junior national level, before migrating to cricket. At a cricket camp hosted by former Test cricketer [[Lala Amarnath]], she honed her skills. At that time women's cricket was becoming more popular in India. Diana then went on to play for the [[Railways cricket team|Railways]] and then the Indian national cricket team where she was a successful slow left-arm orthodox bowler. She played her first series in 1975. In 1978 she was made the captain of the team. She remains the third highest wicket taker in Tests.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/records/283977.html|title=Records {{!}} Women's Test matches {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Most wickets in career {{!}} ESPNcricinfo|work=Cricinfo|access-date=2018-11-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181129184618/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wi/content/records/283977.html|archive-date=29 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1986 Edulji was refused entry to the [[Lord's Pavilion]] while captaining India on their tour of England. She quipped that the MCC ([[Marylebone Cricket Club]]) should change its name to MCP ("[[male chauvinist pig]]s").<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hopps|first1=David|title=Great Cricket Quotes|date=29 April 2006|publisher=[[Pavilion Books|Robson Books]]|isbn=978-1861059673|page=[https://archive.org/details/centuryofcricket0000hopp/page/143 143]|url=https://archive.org/details/centuryofcricket0000hopp/page/143}}</ref>

She holds the record for delivering the most balls by any woman cricketer in Women's test history (5098+).<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/one-day-cup-2013-14/content/records/283767.html|title=Records {{!}} Women's Test matches {{!}} Bowling records {{!}} Most balls bowled in career {{!}} ESPN Cricinfo|work=Cricinfo|access-date=2017-05-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190323190856/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/one-day-cup-2013-14/content/records/283767.html|archive-date=23 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Diana received India's then greatest sports honour award, the [[Arjuna Award]] in 1983. The Government of India awarded her the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 2002.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref> She was appointed in BCCI administration panel by the Supreme Court of India on 30th January 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.thequint.com/sports/2017/01/30/diana-edulji-the-cricketer-trusted-to-run-bcci-board-of-control-for-cricket-in-india-supreme-court-vinod-rai-guha| title=Diana Edulji, the Cricketer Trusted to Run BCCI| access-date=31 January 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611075226/https://www.thequint.com/sports/2017/01/30/diana-edulji-the-cricketer-trusted-to-run-bcci-board-of-control-for-cricket-in-india-supreme-court-vinod-rai-guha| archive-date=11 June 2017| url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
===Notes===
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===Further reading===
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*{{cite web|last1=Ugra|first1=Sharda|title=More power to Diana Edulji|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/1081376.html|website=Cricinfo|access-date=31 March 2017|date=8 February 2017}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060630170404/http://sportal.nic.in/legenddetails.asp?sno=615&moduleid=&maincatid=52&subid=0&comid=55 Diana Edulji]
*[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/54044.html Cricinfo]
*[https://sportslibro.com/cricket/news/cricket-quotes-famous-cricketers/997 Sportslibro]

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