The Pakistan women's national cricket team, also known as Green Shirts or Women in Green, represents

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in international

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. One of eight teams competing in the

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(the highest level of international women's cricket), the team is organised by the

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(PCB), a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Pakistan made its

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(ODI) debut in early 1997, against

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, and later in the year played in the 1997 World Cup in India. The team's inaugural

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match came against

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in April 1998. In its early years, Pakistan was one of the least competitive of the top-level women's teams, and after its inaugural appearance in 1997, did not qualify for another World Cup until the 2009 event in Australia. However, the team has played in all four editions of the Women's World Twenty20 to date, and also participated in the

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and the Asian Games cricket tournament. The increase in

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as a result of the

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led to a stagnation of foreign teams touring Pakistan. However, due to a decrease in terrorism in Pakistan over the past few years, as well as an increase in security,

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and

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have toured Pakistan multiple times since 2015.

Support staff

* Head Coach:

David Hemp David Lloyd Hemp (born 8 November 1970) is a former Bermudian cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler, who has played domestic cricket for Glamorgan, Free State, and Warwickshire. David has a younger brother, ...

* Bowling Coach: Arshad Khan * Assistant Coach:

Kamran Hussain Mohammad Kamran Hussain (born May 9, 1977) is a Pakistani international cricketer who has played two One Day Internationals, as well as playing first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cric ...

History

1990s

The concept of

Women's cricket Women's cricket is the form of the team sport of cricket when played by women only. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries around the world and 108 national teams participate internationally. 11 of them have WTest and WODI ...

was first introduced in Pakistan by two sisters Shaiza and Sharmeen Khan in 1996. In conservative Pakistan the creation of a Pakistan women`s cricket team was even considered illegal and was met with court cases and even death threats. The government refused them permission to play

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in 1997 and ruled that women were forbidden from playing sports in public due to the religious issues. However, the team did manage to overcome these objections and represented Pakistan in 1997, playing against

and

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. They lost all three

matches on that tour, but they were still invited to take part in the

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later that year in

. They lost all five matches in the tournament and finished last, out of the eleven teams in the competition. The following year, Pakistan toured

and played three One Day International matches, losing all of their matches and played in their first

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, which they also lost.

2000s

In 2000, Pakistan toured Ireland for a five match One Day International series against

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. They lost the Test match by an innings inside two days and the One Day International series 4–0, with one match interrupted by rain. Their first international win, in their 19th match, came against the

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in a seven match One Day International series at their home ground in 2001, a series which they won 4–3. This form did not continue into their six One Day International tour of Sri Lanka in January 2002 though and they again lost all six matches. In 2003, Pakistan travelled to the

to take part in the

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, the inaugural edition of what is now called simply the World Cup Qualifier. They finished fourth in the tournament, their victories were against

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and

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, however they were missing out on qualification for the 2005 World Cup. This tournament was marred by a schism between the Pakistan Women's Cricket Control Association and the Pakistan Cricket Board. The IWCC did not recognise the Pakistan Cricket Board as the governing body of women's cricket in Pakistan and court cases were brought in Pakistan. The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that they would not be sending a team to the tournament and that no other team should be allowed to represent the country in the competition. This problem has since been overcome with the

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requirement that women's associations and men's associations are unified under one single governing body. 2004 saw the

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Pakistan, playing seven One Day International matches and a Test match. The Test match was drawn and West Indies won the One Day International series 5–2, but those two victories for Pakistan were their first against a Test playing nation. In 2005, Pakistan Cricket Board established a Women's Wing to oversee all Cricket Affairs under the Pakistan Cricket Board's control and to unite all the conflicts between various associations. The first international event was when Indian Under 21 team toured Pakistan, becoming the first Indian women's side to tour the country. This paved the way for Pakistan to host the second

in December 2005/January 2006. They lost all their games however, finishing last in the three team tournament. The tournament featured the first match between the Indian and Pakistani women's cricket teams. Early in 2007, the Pakistan squad toured South Africa and played in a five match, One Day International series. During that year, Pakistan was awarded to Host the ICC Women's World Cup Qualifiers in which eight teams were scheduled to participate. All of the arrangements were almost completed when unfortunately the event was postponed due to political instability and was moved to South Africa. The Pakistan Women Team qualified for the ICC Women World Cup by defeating Ireland, Zimbabwe, Scotland and Netherlands. They qualified for this tournament after defeating

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in a three match series in Pakistan in September 2006. In Pakistan, views towards Women' cricket have softened considerably since its introduction. Cricket is currently seen as an improvement for women's rights. In June 2019, the PCB reduced the number of contracted players from 17 to 10, but increased remuneration for the retained players.

World Cup records

Women's ODI World Cup

Pakistan have participated in four editions of the

: 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup, 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup, 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup and 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup. The team did not win any of their matches during the 1997 Cricket World Cup and finished at eleventh place. Pakistan saw their first win in the 2009 World Cup; they advanced to the Super Six round defeating Sri Lanka in group stage match by 57 runs with

Nain Abidi Syeda Nain Fatima Abidi (born 23 May 1985; Urdu: ) is a Pakistani-American cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She served as the vice-captain of Pakistan women's cricket team. She appeared in 87 One Day Internationals and 68 Twenty20 ...

scoring 26 runs, and the player of the match Qanita Jalil taking 3 wickets for 33. They qualified for the 5th place

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match defeating West Indies in the Super Sixes by 4 wickets, but finished at 6th place losing to the same team by 3 wickets. They were winless in both the 2013 World Cup and the 2017 World Cup.

Women's T20I World Cup

Pakistan have participated in all the editions of the

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. They lost all of their games in 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20 and 2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20. In the 2012 edition, they registered their solitary win over

. Pakistan defeated them by 1 run with

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scoring 26 runs and

Nida Dar Nida Rashid Dar (born 2 January 1987) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She is the current captain of the Pakistan women's national cricket team since April 2023. An all-rounder, Dar ...

—who was awarded player of the match—taking 3 wickets for 12 runs. Pakistan finished with 7th place playoff in the 2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20; they defeated Sri Lanka by 14 runs in the playoffs. Bismah Maroof scored 62 runs

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and

Sania Khan Sania Iqbal Khan ( ur, سانیہ اقبال خان; born 23 March 1985) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played as a right-arm medium bowler and right-handed batter. She appeared in 17 One Day Internationals and 25 Twenty20 Internationals ...

took 3 wickets for 24 runs. Maroof was awarded woman of the match.

Asia Cup

The Pakistan women's cricket team did not participate in the inaugural edition of the women's Asia cup in 2004–05, Sri Lanka and India played a five-match series in Sri Lanka. Pakistan hosted the second edition of the Asia Cup in 2005–06, but they did not win a single game of the tournament. India won the final by 97 runs, against Sri Lanka, played at the

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. In the third edition of the women's Asia Cup, once again Pakistan failed to see a victory, and this was the third consecutive occasion that India and Sri Lanka were playing in the final. In the 2008 edition of the Women's Asia Cup, Pakistan registered their only victory against the Bangladeshi women's cricket team who were participating for the first time in Asia Cup. The 2012 edition was a Twenty20 version of the game that took place in

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, China from 24 to 31 October 2012. Pakistan reached into the final of the tournament, and lost to India by 18 runs. Bismah Maroof was awarded woman of the tournament for her all-round performance.

Asian Games

Asian Games 2010

The Pakistan national women's cricket team won a gold medal in the inaugural women's cricket tournament in the

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that took place in

, China. In the final match at the 2010 Asian Games, Pakistan defeated Bangladesh women cricket team by 10 wickets. Bangladeshi women made 92 runs for 9 wickets with their captain

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scoring 24;

took 3 wickets giving away 16 runs in 4 overs. Pakistan women achieved the target of 93 runs in 15.4 overs without losing wickets: Dar scored 51 from 43 balls and

Javeria Khan Javeria Khan Wadood ( ur, جویریہ خان) (born 14 May 1988) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She has played international cricket for Pakistan since 2008. She has ...

scored 39 runs from 51 balls, both remained

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, the then- president of Pakistan, termed the team's win as a "gift to the nation riding on a series of crises" as 21 million people were affected by flood in 2010.

Asian Games 2014

In the 2014 Asian games, Pakistan women's cricket team defeated again Bangladesh women cricket team in the final match by four runs in

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, South Korea. In the low scoring match, Pakistan women scored 97 runs in 20 for 6 wickets. The match was interrupted by rain. Bangladesh women innings reduced to 7 overs and their revised target was 43 runs per Duckworth–Lewis method; they scored 38 runs for 9 wickets. This was the second consecutive title won by the Pakistan women against the same team in

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Tournament history

''A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Pakistan''

World Cup

World T20

Asia Cup

One-Day Internationals

Twenty20 Internationals

Asian Games

Captains

Honours

ICC

* Women's World Cup: ** Runners-up (2): 2008,

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* Women's T20 World Cup: ** Champions (1):

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ACC

: ** Runners-up (2): 2012, 2016

Others

** Gold Medal (2): 2010, 2014

Players

Former players

Squad

This lists all the players who have a central contract or was named in the most recent ODI or T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed in ''italics''. Updated as on 3 Aug 2022

Records and Statistics

International Match Summary — Pakistan Women ''Last updated 16 November 2022''

Women's Test cricket

*Highest team total: 426/7d v.

on 15 March 2004 at

. *Highest individual score: 242,

Kiran Baluch Kiran Maqsood Baluch (born 23 February 1978) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting right-handed and bowling right-arm off break. She appeared in three Test matches and 40 One Day Internationals for Pakistan. She h ...

on 15 March 2004 at

. *Best innings bowling: 7/59, Shaiza Khan v.

on 15 March 2004 at

. Most Test runs for Pakistan Women Most Test wickets for Pakistan Women Women's Test record versus other nations ''Records complete to Women's Test #122. Last updated 18 March 2004.''

Women's One-Day International

*Highest team total: 335/3 v.

on 4 November 2022 at

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. *Highest individual score: 176 *,

Sidra Ameen Sidra Ameen (born 7 April 1992) is a Pakistani cricketer who currently plays for Pakistan as a right-handed batter. In June 2022,she had a total of more than 1000 runs in her ODI career,becoming the 7th Pakistani women batter with most runs. She ...

on 4 November 2022 at

. *Best innings bowling: 7/4, Sajjida Shah v.

on 21 July 2003 at Sportpark Drieburg,

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. Most ODI runs for Pakistan Women Most ODI wickets for Pakistan Women Highest individual innings in Women's ODI Best bowling figures in an innings in Women's ODI WODI record versus other nations ''Records complete to WODI #1298. Last updated 9 November 2022.''

Women's T20I cricket

*Highest team total: 177/5, v.

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on 7 June 2018 at

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. *Highest individual innings: 75,

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on 22 May 2019 at

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, Benoni. *Best innings bowling: 5/21,

on 6 June 2018 at

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. Most WT20I runs for Pakistan Women Most WT20I wickets for Pakistan Women Highest individual innings in Women's T20I Best bowling figures in an innings in Women's T20I WT20I record versus other nations ''Records complete to WT20I #1304. Last updated 16 November 2022.'' ''Note: Pakistan Women lost all 3 tied matches against West Indies in Super Over.

References

External links

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1997 establishments in Pakistan

Support staff

History

1990s

2000s

World Cup records

Women's ODI World Cup

Women's T20I World Cup

Asia Cup

Asian Games

Asian Games 2010

Asian Games 2014

Tournament history

World Cup

World T20

Asia Cup

One-Day Internationals

Twenty20 Internationals

Asian Games

Captains

Honours

ICC

ACC

Others

Players

Former players

Squad

Records and Statistics

Women's Test cricket

Women's One-Day International

Women's T20I cricket

See also

References

Further reading

External links