Mamatha Maben (born 15 November 1970) is an Indian former cricketer who has played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm medium. She appeared in four Test matches and 40 One Day Internationals for India between 1993 and 2004, including playing at the 1993 World Cup and captaining the side in 2003 and 2004.[1][2] She played domestic cricket for Karnataka, Railways and Air India.[3]

Mamatha Maben
Personal information
Full name
Mamatha Maben
Born (1970-11-15) 15 November 1970 (age 53)
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 55)14 January 2002 v England
Last Test17 November 2003 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 39)20 July 1993 v West Indies
Last ODI22 December 2004 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1989/90–1990/91Karnataka
1991/92–1993/94Railways
1994/95–1999/00Air India
2000/01–2008/09Karnataka
2001/02Railways
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WFC WLA
Matches 4 40 36 90
Runs scored 125 359 1,113 1,553
Batting average 31.25 17.95 39.75 37.87
100s/50s 0/1 0/1 0/8 0/7
Top score 50 53* 89* 59*
Balls bowled 54 436 1,274 946
Wickets 0 21 27 44
Bowling average 12.14 15.03 13.52
5 wickets in innings 0 1 2 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0
Best bowling 6/10 5/11 6/10
Catches/stumpings 1/– 13/– 17/– 23/–
Source: CricketArchive, 3 June 2022

Since retiring, she has served as the head coach of both the Bangladeshi and Chinese women's national sides.[4]

She became the oldest ever woman cricketer to take a maiden five wicket haul in an ODI, at the age of 33 years and 162 days, at the 2004 Women's Asia Cup against Sri Lanka.[5] Her figures in that match, 6/10, are also the best bowling figures in an innings for India in a WODI.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ "Two legends make their entrance". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Player Profile: Mamatha Maben". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Player Profile: Mamatha Maben". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  4. ^ Vishal Yadav. India - Mamatha Maben - Indian National Player and Head Coach for Bangladesh and China Women's Team Archived 14 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine – Global Cricket Community. Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Records. Women's One-Day Internationals. Bowling records. Oldest player to take a maiden five-wickets-in-an-innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Records. Women's One-Day Internationals. Bowling records. Best bowling figures in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

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