Jaya Sharma in Ghaziabad. She is an India

Indian women's cricket team

The Indian women's cricket team played their first Test match in 1976/1977, when they drew with the West Indies in a six-match series. They performed better than expected in the last Women's Cricket World Cup, reaching the finals but then losing to Australia. In 2005 they won their second Women's...

n cricketer who has played one women's test match and 77 women's one-day internationals including the 2005 Women's Cricket World Cup

2005 Women's Cricket World Cup

The 8th IWCC Women's Cricket World Cup was held in South Africa from 22 March to 10 April 2005.Teams from New Zealand, Australia, England, India, Ireland, South Africa, Sri Lanka and West Indies played each other once in a round robin format to determine the semi finalists.3 centuries were scored...

 in South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. Sharma was the first female recipient of the BCCI player of the year award (2007).

Her 138* vs Pakistan Women at Karachi 2005-06 is still the highest score among Indian women in Women's ODIs.