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Bismah Maroof
Personal information
Full name
Bismah Maroof
Born (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 33)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLegbreak
RoleAllrounder
International information
National side
ODI debut13 December 2006 v India
Last ODI24 March 2018 v Sri Lanka
ODI shirt no.3
T20I debut29 May 2009 v Ireland
Last T20I9 June 2018 v India
T20I shirt no.3
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006/07Lahore Women
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I
Matches 98 84
Runs scored 2329 1597
Batting average 27.72 26.11
100s/50s 0/12 0/6
Top score 99 65*
Balls bowled 1554 742
Wickets 41 33
Bowling average 24.58 19.51
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/7 3/21
Catches/stumpings 29/– 26/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 6 June 2018

Bismah Maroof (born 18 July 1991)[1] is an international cricketer from Pakistan who is the current captain of Pakistan national women's cricket team in all forms of the game.

International career

She was part of the Pakistan squad at the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup in Australia and she was selected to play in the 2010 Asian Games in China.[2]

Captaincy

On 11 October 2017, Bismah was selected as captain of the Pakistan women's cricket team ahead of the New Zealand series in the UAE.[3] In the series, Pakistan won their first ever ODI against the New Zealand in the third match.[4]

In March 2018, under her captaincy Pakistan clean swept Sri Lanka 3-0 in the ODI series on the Sri Lanka tour.[5] This was only the second time that Pakistan team won an ODI series 3-0.[4] In the T20 series, Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka 2-1.[6]

She was the leading run-scorer for Pakistan in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, with 143 runs in five matches.[7]

References

  1. ^ Bismah Maroof Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine ICC Cricket World Cup. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  2. ^ Khalid, Sana to lead Pakistan in Asian Games cricket event onepakistan. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Maroof-led Pakistan squad named for New Zealand series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b Aliani, Shahbano (1 June 2018). "Bismah Maroof at the helm: Getting to know the Pakistan women's cricket captain". Dawn.
  5. ^ "Pakistan Women pulverise Sri Lanka, earn praise from PCB Chairman Sethi". Dawn. 24 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Pak women beat Sri Lanka women to take T20I series 2-1". The News International. 1 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, 2018, Pakistan Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2018.