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Mithali Raj wants more Tests, central contracts

Jun 5, 2014: India Women captain Mithali Raj has urged the BCCI to organise more Test matches for the national women's team, which is set to play its first five-day match in eight years when it tours England in August

MCC Women v ROW Women XI, Lord's

Raj, Lanning set up win over MCC

May 19, 2014: Mithali Raj and Meg Lanning scored half-centuries before four wickets for Sana Mir helped ensure victory for a Rest of the World XI against MCC at Lord's

India v Pakistan, WT20 2016 qualification play-off, Sylhet

India wrap up 2016 berth with narrow win

Apr 2, 2014: India Women booked a place in the 2016 Women's World T20 with a narrow win over Pakistan Women in the qualification play-off in Sylhet

India v West Indies, Women's World T20, Group B

Mithali, Raut guide India to consolation win

Apr 1, 2014: Half-centuries from Mithali Raj and Poonam Raut gave India Women a consolation nine-wicket win over West Indies Women in Sylhet

Bangladesh v West Indies, Women's World T20, Sylhet

Shrubsole, Gunn steamroll India Women

Mar 26, 2014: England seamers Anya Shrubsole and Jenny Gunn pushed India's campaign in the Women's World T20 further off course with a resounding five-wicket loss, their second in as many matches

Women's World Twenty20 2014

Raj braces for opener challenge

Mar 22, 2014: Mithali Raj has been carrying India's batting for years and the veteran batsman and captain has set herself a new challenge going into the Women's World Twenty20 in Bangladesh

Bangladesh v India, 1st Women's T20I, Cox's Bazaar

Raj, Naidu set up India win

Mar 9, 2014: A half-century from the opener Mithali Raj, followed by a four-wicket haul from the left-arm spinner Sravanthi Naidu helped India Women to a 16-run win against Bangladesh Women in Cox's Bazar

India v Sri Lanka, 1st women's T20, Vizianagaram

Siriwardene fifty gives SL first win of the tour

Jan 25, 2014: Sri Lanka Women turned their form around after being whitewashed in the ODI series, with a three-wicket win against India Women in the first of the three T20s in Vizianagaram

India v Sri Lanka, 3rd women's ODI, Visakhapatnam

Raj ton completes India's clean sweep

Jan 23, 2014: Mithali Raj marked her return as captain of the India Women's side with a clean sweep in the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka Women

Ind v Pak, Women's World Cup 2013, Cuttack

World Cup exit overshadows India's consolation win

Feb 7, 2013: The contrasting moods of the India and Pakistan captains at the end of the seventh place play-off at the Barabati Stadium would have left anyone confused about the result

Ind v Pak, Women's World Cup 2013, Cuttack

India finish seventh after Raj ton

Feb 7, 2013: Mithali Raj's fourth ODI century, which came one match too late, helped India maintain their unbeaten record against Pakistan and end their World Cup campaign with a consolation victory

India v Sri Lanka, Women's World Cup 2013, Mumbai

An off day for all - Mithali

Feb 5, 2013: India's captain Mithali Raj was at a loss to fathom why everyone had an off day on the same day, as India failed to qualify for the Super Six stage of the World Cup, losing to Sri Lanka by 138 runs

Women's World Cup 2013

India not taking SL lightly in wide open group

Feb 4, 2013: None of the teams in Group A are through to the Super Six stage of the Women's World Cup yet, as they head into the final round of league matches

India v England, Women's World Cup 2013, Mumbai

Raj comments 'fired us up' - Brunt

Feb 3, 2013: India Women captain Mithali Raj's pre-match comment that the England Women attack wasn't so good and was heavily reliant on Katherine Brunt "fired us up", the fast bowler has said

India v West Indies, Women's World Cup, Mumbai

Kamini ends long break in style

Jan 31, 2013: Thirush Kamini overcame a nervy start to become the first Indian to score a century in the Women's World Cup. Her 100 set up India's match-winning total against WI

India v West Indies, Women's World Cup, Group A, Mumbai

India begin against dangerous West Indies

Jan 30, 2013: India are playing the tenth Women's World Cup, this one in home conditions, but apart from the weather their captain Mithali Raj does not believe being hosts grants them any particular advantage

ICC Women's World Cup 2013

Women need more Tests - Mithali

Jan 30, 2013: Mithali Raj, the India Women captain, wants more Test cricket in the women's game as it is the "ultimate challenge"

ICC Women's World Cup 2013

Women chart their own route

Jan 30, 2013: Women's cricket is often derided but it's a showcase for the sport's more subtle and elegant skills

ICC Women's World Cup 2013

Captains hope for strong crowds

Jan 27, 2013: The Women's World Cup begins in a few days in Mumbai and Cuttack and its leading lights are hoping that people will come to watch

ICC news

Mithali Raj tops batting rankings

Jul 12, 2012: Mithali Raj, the India Women's captain, has reclaimed the top spot in the one-day batting rankings, displacing West Indies' Stafanie Taylor