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She made her India debut at the age of 22, however, little did she know that it would be a roller coaster ride ahead. Featuring in the World Cup in her very first year, she was dropped immediately after the mega event, only to make a strong comeback after eight and a half years. With the figures of 6 for 10, she holds the record of being the oldest ever female cricketer to take a maiden five-wicket haul in an ODI (at the age of 33 years and 162 days) which is also the best bowling figure for an India woman in the 50-over format. After calling it quits, this Karnataka player entered into coaching and is known to have trained the national sides of China and Bangladesh.

We are talking about Mamatha Maben, who graced the Female Cricket feature The Pioneers.

Smitha Harikrishna, born and raised in Karnataka and later went on to represent India. She was a right-hand batter and bowled right-arm medium pace. She played 22 ODIs for India and scored 231 runs and took 8 wickets in her career.  

In July 2007, Harikrishna coached the United Arab Emirates women's national team at its debut international tournament, the 2007 ACC Women's Tournament.   In this chat, Smitha takes us back to her initial cricket days and gives us more insight from the 2 Cricket World Cup that she was a part of - 1997 and the 2000 World Cup.

Having played 16 Internationals for India, Devieka couldn't further her playing career owing to a back injury.  2 Years later she came back to contribute to cricket as a Coach. She has coached several teams to success including Assam, Mumbai, and Goa in the domestic circuit. 

Devieka also acted as an Assistant Coach and worked with the Indian National and Bangladesh National team.

In this episode of Female Cricket Podcast,' we have Pramila Bhat who featured in 5 Tests and 22 ODIs for India, revisit memories of her playing days. 

Pramila takes us back to the 90s, in her initial cricket days, and then moving further shares some interesting stories from the iconic 1995 Centenary Cup and 1997 Women's World Cup.  A sports fanatic, Pramila took to spin-bowling and managed to take 37 Wickets in her international career.   

Now a Full-time Corporate Professional based out of Abu Dhabi, UAE - Pramila follows women's cricket closely and is willing to get back and contribute in whichever capacity possible. #PramilaBhat 

In this episode of 'Female Cricket Podcast,' we have former Indian cricketer Amita Sharma talk about her cricket journey.  A great all-rounder and an equally talented Prankster, Amita Sharma has several records to her name. Listen to this podcast to know more. 

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On this episode of Female Cricket Podcast, we have former India Cricketer Nooshin Al Khadeer grace the show with her cricket journey which began in the late 90s. 

Nooshin Al Khadeer has been a regular member of the Indian team since her debut in 2002. An economical bowler who bowled a tight line and length, she had consistently performed well for her country and in 2003 she was ranked No. 1 in the world. Her excellent spells in the 2005 World Cup in South Africa helped India race into the final.

She has 100 International Wickets to her name. Having retired in 2012, Nooshin quickly took to coaching. She has been with Hyderabad, Chhattisgarh state teams in the past, and currently enjoys her stint with Railway side. There are incredible lessons to learn from her prodigious career spanning over 20 years now.