Shaiza Said Khan (born 18 March 1969) is a Pakistani former

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er who played as a right-arm

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bowler and right-handed batter. She and her sister, Sharmeen, are considered pioneers of women's cricket in Pakistan. She appeared in three Test matches and 40

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for

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between 1997 and 2004, captaining the side throughout this period. She played domestic cricket for

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. Shaiza Khan was born to a wealthy carpet merchant in Karachi. She attended the Convent of Jesus & Mary Karachi and then joined the Concord College Shropshire for her O & A Levels. She later on went to

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where she studied Textile Engineering, as well as becoming the first non-British captain of the women's cricket team. She also played a match for

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in 1991, against

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, in which she took 6/39 from her 11 overs. She holds the world record the best bowling figures in a Test match, taking 13/226 against

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in 2004 in Karachi. During her 13 wicket haul she also took a

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, the second in women's Test history after Betty Wilson. She also held the record for the most wickets on a single ground in WODIs, with 23 wickets at

National Stadium, Karachi The National Stadium (Urdu: نیشنل سٹیڈیم), also referred to as National Bank Cricket Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a cricket stadium in Karachi, Pakistan, owned by the Pakistan Cricket Board. It is the home ground of Karachi Ki ...

, until it was broken by

Shabnim Ismail Shabnim Ismail (born 5 October 1988) is a South African cricketer who made her debut for the national women's team in January 2007. A right-arm fast bowler, Ismail is South Africa's all-time leading wicket-taker in both the One Day Internatio ...

in 2019.

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* 1969 births Living people Cricketers from Karachi Pakistan women Test cricketers Pakistan women One Day International cricketers Pakistani women cricket captains Karachi women cricketers Women's Test cricket hat-trick takers People educated at Concord College, Acton Burnell Alumni of the University of Leeds Convent of Jesus and Mary, Karachi alumni {{Pakistan-cricket-bio-1960s-stub