Lisa Sthalekar: From A Pune Dustbin to Cricket Captaincy of Australian
Source:Thuppahis
An Item courtesy of from Guy de Silva** in USA <guydes42@gmail.com>
Can you believe this? This Laila girl was dumped into a dustbin in Pune when she was born in August 1979. She ended up becoming the captain of the Australian Cricket Team and now she is in the ICC’s Hall of Fame. This is extreme misogyny at its worst on the part of some Indians. ……………. Chauhan Babu Nath’s Space 1· ……. Manisha Babu, Jan 7
The girl who was thrown in the dustbin as soon as she was born, [became] the captain of the Australian cricket team.
There is an orphanage in Pune city of Maharashtra, which is called ‘Srivastava Orphanage’. On 13th August 1979, a girl was born in an unknown corner of the city. As soon as the girl was born, her parents threw her in a dustbin outside the orphanage. The orphanage manager named that cute little girl ‘Laila’.
In those days, an American couple named Haren and Sue came to India to visit. They already had a girl in their family, their purpose of coming to India was to adopt a boy. They came to this ashram in search of a handsome boy. They did not find a boy, but Sue’s eyes fell on Laila and seeing the girl’s bright brown eyes and innocent face, she fell in love with her.
After taking legal action, the girl was adopted, Sue changed her name from Layla to ‘Liz’, they moved back to the US, but after a few years they settled permanently in Sydney.
The father taught his daughter to play cricket, this journey started from the park in the house to playing with the boys in the street. Her passion for cricket was immense, but she also completed her studies. She got a good opportunity, she completed her studies and moved ahead. First, she used to speak, then her bat started speaking and then her records started speaking.
1997 – First match by New South Wales 2001- Australia’s first ODI
2003- 1st Test by Australia 2005- 1st T20 by Australia
8 Test matches, 416 runs, 23 wickets 125 ODIs, 2728 runs, 146 wickets
54 T20s, 769 runs, 60 wickets. First female cricketer to score 1000 runs and take 100 wickets in ODI She was the world’s number one ranked all-rounder when the ICC’s ranking system began. Australian captain! Well done!
Participated in four World Cups – ODI and T-20.In 2013, her team won the Cricket World Cup, the next day the player said goodbye to international cricket. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has since inducted Lisa Sthalekar into its Hall of Fame.
