Cricketers of the week: 10th July – 16th July

#2 Veda Krishnamurthy

Veda’s blistering knock came at the right time for India

At Derby, in India’s last league match, Veda turned a fighting total into a match-winning one with a blistering knock. She walked in after India had lost two quick wickets, at 154 for 4 in the 37^th over and then went on to score 70 in just 45-balls with seven fours and two sixes, after scoring just 11 in her first 16 balls.

Her clean hitting was best seen in the 47^th over when she smashed Bates for a six and two fours to get to her half-century – off just 33 balls. Veda was dismissed in the final over but not before ensuring that India posted a sizeable 265. It was an excellent score on a track where the Indian spinner, Rajeshwari Gayakwad picked up figures of 5/15 in just 7.3 overs.