Sandhya Agarwal

Sandhya Agarwal (born 9 May 1963) is a former captain of the Indian women's cricket team. She hails from Indore.^[1][2]

Sandhya Agarwal

Personal information
Full name	Sandhya Agarwal
Born	(1963-05-09) 9 May 1963 (age 60) Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm offbreak
Role	All Rounder
International information
National side	India
Test debut (cap 22)	3 February 1984 v Australia
Last Test	17 November 1994 v England
ODI debut (cap 26)	23 February 1984 v Australia
Last ODI	14 November 1995 v England
Domestic team information
Years	Team
	Railways
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI Matches 13 21 Runs scored 1,110 567 Batting average 50.45 31.05 100s/50s 4/4 0/4 Top score 190 72 Balls bowled 24 – Wickets 1 – Bowling average 20.00 – 5 wickets in innings 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 – Best bowling 1/– – Catches/stumpings 2/– 4/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 11 January 2013

Career

She played in 13 Test matches from 1984 to 1995, scoring 1110 runs at a batting average of 50.45, including 4 centuries. She reached her top score of 190 against England in 1986, beating Betty Snowball's score of 189 that had held the record in women's Test cricket since 1935. However, her mark was passed by Denise Annetts, who scored 193 in 1987.^[1]

She also played in 21 Women's ODIs, scoring 567 runs at an average of 31.50.^[1]

Her major teams included Indian women's cricket team and the Railways women's cricket team.^[3]

International centuries

Test centuries^[4]

No.	Runs	Opponents	City/Country	Venue	Year
1	134	Australia	Bombay, India	Wankhede Stadium	1984^[5]
2	106	New Zealand	Cuttack, India	Barabati Stadium	1985^[6]
3	132	England	Blackpool, England	Stanley Park	1986^[7]
4	190	England	Worcester, England	New Road	1986^[8]

Post retirement

After her retirement, Agarwal continued to contribute to cricket as a selector and coach. She is chairperson of girl's U-19 and senior women's team of MPCA as well as a member of the BCCI's women's committee.^[9]

In 2017, Agarwal was offered the honorary life membership by The Marylebone Cricket Club, one of the most active cricket clubs that also own Lord's Ground and the guardian of the laws of the game.^[9][10] Agarwal was being honoured in recognition of her distinguished services to cricket.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of centuries in women's Test cricket

References

1. "Sandhya Agarwal". Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
2. Amit Jaiswal, Interview with Former woman Cricket Captain sandhya Agarwal, archived from the original on 14 December 2021, retrieved 7 February 2019
3. "Sandhya Agarwal". Sports Pundit. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
4. "All-round records | Women's Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com – Sandhya Agarwal". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
5. "Full Scorecard of IND Women vs AUS Women 4th Test 1983/84 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
6. "Full Scorecard of NZ Women vs IND Women 2nd Test 1984/85 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
7. "Full Scorecard of IND Women vs ENG Women 2nd Test 1986 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
8. "Full Scorecard of ENG Women vs IND Women 3rd Test 1986 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
9. "MCC offers life membership to former India captain Sandhya Agarwal - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 February 2019.
10. "MCC offers life membership to former India captain Sandhya Agarwal". The Indian Express. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 7 February 2019.