Bismah Maroof
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Full name | Bismah Maroof | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan | 18 July 1991|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Allrounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut | 13 December 2006 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 24 March 2018 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI shirt no. | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut | 29 May 2009 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 9 June 2018 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I shirt no. | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006/07 | Lahore Women | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ Bismah Maroof Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine ICC Cricket World Cup. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- ^ Khalid, Sana to lead Pakistan in Asian Games cricket event onepakistan. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
- ^ "Maroof-led Pakistan squad named for New Zealand series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ a b Aliani, Shahbano (1 June 2018). "Bismah Maroof at the helm: Getting to know the Pakistan women's cricket captain". Dawn.
- ^ "Pakistan Women pulverise Sri Lanka, earn praise from PCB Chairman Sethi". Dawn. 24 March 2018.
- ^ "Pak women beat Sri Lanka women to take T20I series 2-1". The News International. 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, 2018, Pakistan Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
External links
- 1991 births
- Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan
- Asian Games medalists in cricket
- Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games
- Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Living people
- Pakistani women cricketers
- Pakistan women One Day International cricketers
- Pakistan women Twenty20 International cricketers
- Pakistani women cricket captains
- Pakistani cricket biography, 1990s birth stubs