Diana Fram Edulji (born 26 January 1956) is a former Indian Test cricketer.[1] 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 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.[2]
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 pigs").[3]
She holds the record for delivering the most balls by any woman cricketer in Women's test history (5098+).[4]
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.[5] She was appointed in BCCI administration panel by the Supreme Court of India on 30th January 2017.[6]
References
Notes
- ↑ 'BCCI a male chauvinist organisation' Edulji. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
- ↑ Records | Women's Test matches | Bowling records | Most wickets in career | ESPNcricinfo. Cricinfo. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
- ↑ Great Cricket Quotes{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Robson Books(29 April 2006). ISBN 978-1861059673
- ↑ Records | Women's Test matches | Bowling records | Most balls bowled in career | ESPN Cricinfo. Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
- ↑ Padma Awards. Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India(2015). Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ↑ Diana Edulji, the Cricketer Trusted to Run BCCI. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
Further reading
- More power to Diana Edulji. Cricinfo(8 February 2017). Retrieved 31 March 2017.
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