FICA Executive Committee announced Lisa Sthalekar to be the next president of FICA.

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FICA Executive Committee announced Lisa Sthalekar to be the next president of FICA.

In a meeting held in Nyon, Switzerland, The FICA Executive Committee announced that Legendary Australian cricketer Lisa Sthalekar will be the next president of The Federation of International Cricketers' Association (FICA).

The 42-year-old former Australia captain, Lisa Sthalekar has become the first woman president of FICA.

Previously former South Africa batter Barry Richards, former West Indies all-rounder Jimmy Adams, and most recently former England batter Vikram Solanki were in that prestigious position. Now at present Lisa Sthalekar will take up that position.

In her entire career she has played 187 matches for the Australian national cricket team from 2001 to 2013. She scored 2,728 runs in ODIs besides picking 146 wickets, and 769 runs in T20Is apart from claiming 60 wickets. 

Lisa was awarded two-times with Australia's best woman international cricketer ( 2007/2008 ).