Jaya Sharma (born 17 September 1980) is an Indian former cricketer who played as a left-handed batter.[1] She appeared in one Test match, 77 One Day Internationals and one Twenty20 International for India between 2002 and 2008, including playing at the 2005 World Cup. She played domestic cricket for Delhi, Railways and Rajasthan.

Jaya Sharma
Personal information
Full name
Jaya Sharma
Born (1980-09-17) 17 September 1980 (age 44)
Ghaziabad, India
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleBatter
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 58)19 March 2002 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 62)6 January 2002 v England
Last ODI8 November 2008 v Australia
Only T20I (cap 14)28 October 2008 v Australia
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1999/00–2001/02Delhi
2002/03–2008/09Railways
2010/11–2012/13Delhi
2013/14–2014/15Rajasthan
Career statistics
Competition WTest WODI WT20I WLA
Matches 1 77 1 176
Runs scored 24 2,091 5 5,336
Batting average 24.00 30.75 5.00 36.05
100s/50s 0/0 2/14 0/0 5/36
Top score 24 138* 5 138*
Catches/stumpings 0/– 11/– 0/– 3/–
Source: CricketArchive, 23 June 2022

She was the first female recipient of the BCCI Player of the Year award, in 2007.[2] Her 138* against Pakistan at the 2005–06 Women's Asia Cup is the third highest score for India in Women's ODIs.[3] She scored another century against the visiting Australians in 2007.[4]

One Day International centuries

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Jaya Sharma's One-Day International centuries[5]
# Runs Match Opponents City/Country Venue Year
1 138* 47   Pakistan   Karachi, Pakistan National Stadium 2005[6]
2 104* 59   Australia   Chennai, India M. A. Chidambaram Stadium 2007[4]

References

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  1. ^ "The changing landscape of women's cricket". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Jaya backs Indian eves to win cup". ESPN. 18 June 2009. Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in an innings". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Full Scorecard of AUS Women vs IND Women 3rd Match 2006/07 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  5. ^ "All-round records. Women's One-Day Internationals. ESPNcricinfo – J Sharma". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Full Scorecard of IND Women vs PAK Women 3rd Match 2005/06 - Score Report". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
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