Sonia Odedra
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Full name | Sonia Balu Odedra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Isleworth, Greater London, England | 3 June 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 154) | 13 August 2014 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2008 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2009–present | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2016–2018 | Loughborough Lightning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019 | Western Storm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | Lightning | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021–present | Southern Brave | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 16 January 2021 |
Sonia Balu Odedra (born 3 June 1988) is an English cricketer who plays for Nottinghamshire, Lightning and Southern Brave. She is a right-arm medium-fast bowler and right-handed batter. Her sole match for England was a Test match against India at Wormsley in August 2014.
Early life[]
Odedra was born on 3 June 1988 in Isleworth, Greater London.[1]
Domestic career[]
Odedra made her county debut for Leicestershire in 2008, before moving to Nottinghamshire ahead of the 2009 season.[2] Her best county bowling performance of five wickets for 30 runs came against Middlesex on 31 July 2011.[3] She made her county high score of 112 in a County Championship match against Devon on 12 June 2016.[4]
Odedra played for Loughborough Lightning in the Women's Cricket Super League between 2016 and 2018 before joining Western Storm for the 2019 season, where she helped the team to the title and took one wicket in the final against Southern Vipers.[5][6][7][8]
International career[]
Odedra was called up to the Test and ODI squads to face India in August 2014.[9] She made her England debut in the Test at Wormsley on 10 August, taking one wicket for 50 runs across two innings.[10] She did not play in the subsequent ODI series and has not appeared for England since her sole Test match.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Sonia Odedra". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Sonia Odedra". CricketArchive. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Middlesex Women v Nottinghamshire Women". CricketArchive. 31 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Devon Women v Nottinghamshire Women". CricketArchive!date=12 June 2016. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Boyce, Gauvrit And Odedra Join Exciting Loughborough Lightning Squad". Nottinghamshire Regional Cricket. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Lightning Cricket trio return for 2018". Loughborough University. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Western Storm reveal full 2019 squad". Western Storm. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Final, Brighton, Sep 1 2019, Women's Cricket Super League". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Grundy out of India, SA series". ESPNcricinfo. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
- ^ "Only Test, Wormsley, Aug 13 - Aug 16 2014, India Women tour of England". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
External links[]
- Sonia Odedra at ESPNcricinfo
- Sonia Odedra at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- 1988 births
- Living people
- England women Test cricketers
- People from Isleworth
- Leicestershire women cricketers
- Nottinghamshire women cricketers
- Loughborough Lightning (women's cricket) cricketers
- Western Storm cricketers
- Lightning (women's cricket) cricketers
- Southern Brave cricketers
- English sportspeople stubs