Lisa Sthalekar becomes the first woman President of Federation of International Cricketers' Associations

Lisa Sthalekar, the former Captain of Australia women's national cricket team has been appointed as the President of Federation of International Cricketers' Associations (FICA). She is the first woman appointed for this position.

After retirement Lisa Sthalekar has started to commentary for Australian Cricket Association. She played for Australian Team from 2001-2013. All-rounder Sthalekar, was the hard hitting batsman and bowl offspin.

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Earlier, Vikram Solanki, the England cricketer was the President of FICA. Lisa Sthalekar has relaced him as President on Tuesday. FICA handed over the position to Sthalekar at the FICA Executive Committee meeting in Nyon, Switzerland. This was the first in-person meeting of the group after the pandemic.

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The 42-year old Sthalekar said in a statement, "We are entering a new phase of the game which covers more cricket than ever before for our male and female players. "More countries are playing the game, which demonstrates that cricket is certainly becoming a global game."

She added, "I look forward to working on behalf of our member players' associations and players, and in particular to working with the ICC to ensure that all players have their rights protected and can work in partnership with administrators to make our game even better."

FICA's executive chairman Heath Mills said, "Long-standing commitment to the players' association movement and advancing player rights. Lisa was clearly the best candidate and her credentials are unparalleled as both a former player and broadcaster."