Bustling medium-pacer Isa Guha made her debut against India in 2002 aged 17, in the quadrangular tournament between England, New Zealand and India when she was called up as a replacement for Sarah Collyer. She took five wickets in the Test series against India. She was intrinsic England's success in their five-match one-day series against New Zealand in 2004, and took 5 for 22 in the fourth match, as England wrapped up the series.
Guha had previously toured with England Under-19 to Australia in winter 2002-03, where she was named bowler of the series as England Under-19 won all six matches in the ACB Under-19 State tournament. And she was also player of the tournament in the under-19 European Championship last year, where she bagged seven wickets in 27 overs, conceding just 27 runs. Guha, who was named BBC Asian Network Sports Personality of the Year for 2002, is currently studying biochemistry at UCL. She plays county cricket for Berkshire, while Reading Ridgeway is her club team. [source] Isa was NDCC's guest player in the 2008/09 T20 match against Lake Illawarra.
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