Anju Jain

India

Full name Anju Jain

Born August 11, 1974, Delhi

Current age 45 years 363 days

Major teams Air India Women, India Women

Batting style Right-hand bat

Fielding position Wicketkeeper

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct	St
Tests	8	12	0	441	110	36.75	1	3	15	8
ODIs	65	65	7	1729	90	29.81	0	12	30	51

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
Tests	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ODIs	65	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Career statistics

Test debut	New Zealand Women v India Women at Nelson, Feb 7-10, 1995 scorecard
Last Test	India Women v New Zealand Women at Vapi, Nov 27-30, 2003 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut	India Women v West Indies Women at Nottingham, Jul 20, 1993 scorecard
Last ODI	Australia Women v India Women at Centurion, Apr 10, 2005 scorecard
ODI statistics

Profile

This pugnacious wicketkeeper batswoman is almost a certainty to keep wicket for India for a few years to come. Playing for one of the best teams in India, Air India, Anju opens the batting. Playing with a straight bat, favours the 'v' between mid off and mid wicket and does not hesitate to take the aerial route. Anju strikes the ball as hard as anyone else in the business. Behind the stumps she is reliable a all times. Almost never flashy, Anju combines sound anticipation with nimble footwork to glove the ball efficiently. Having done well in the Rani Jhansi Trophy, Anju Jain was named captain of the Indian team for the CricInfo Women's World Cup 2000. Although India reached the semi-final and were beaten there by hosts New Zealand, Anju was quite happy with India's performance in the tournament. Personally, she did not have a great tournament, averaging under 16.00 with the bat in eight outings.
Anand Vasu

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