Pakistan women's national cricket team
The Asian nation|West Pakistan|Asian country|Asian nation} women's national cricket team represents Pakistan in international women's cricket. One of eight teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of international women's cricket), the team is organized by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Pakistan created its someday International (ODI) debut in early 1997, against New Sjaelland, and later within the year vie within the 1997 tourney in India. The team's inaugural Test match came against Sri Lanka 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 vie all told four editions of the Women's World Twenty20 to this point, and conjointly participated within the Women's Asia Cup and therefore the Asian Games cricket tournament
History
The 1990s
The construct of Women's cricket was 1st introduced in West Pakistan by sisters Shaiza and Sharmeen Khan in 1996. They were afterward met with proceedings and even death threats. The government refused them permission to play Bharat in 1997 and dominated that ladies were tabu from enjoying sports publically because of the spiritual problems.[8][9]
However, West Pakistan 1st appeared in women's cricket in 1997 and enjoying against New Seeland and Australia. They lost all three One Day International matches on that tour, but they were still invited to take part in the Women's Cricket World Cup later that year in India. They lost all 5 matches within the tournament and finished last, out of the eleven groups within the competition. The following year, West Pakistan toured the country and contend 3 in some unspecified time in the future International matches, losing all of their matches and contend in their 1st match, that they conjointly lost.
The 2000s
In 2000, Pakistan toured here for a five-match sooner or later International series against fire.
They lost the match game by associate degree innings within 2 days and therefore the sooner or later International series 4–0, with one match interrupted by rain. Their first international win, in their 19th match, came against the Netherlands in a seven-match One Day International series at their home ground in 2001, a series which they won 4–3. This form didn't continue into their six sooner or later International tour of the state in Gregorian calendar month 2002 although and that they once more lost all six matches.
In 2003, Pakistan traveled to the Netherlands to take part in the 2003 IWCC Trophy, the inaugural edition of what is now called simply the World Cup Qualifier. They finished fourth in the tournament, their victories were against Japan and Scotland, 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 recognize the Pakistan Cricket Board as the governing body of women's cricket in Pakistan and court cases were brought in Pakistan.[10] The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that they'd not be causation a team to the tournament which no different team ought to be allowed to represent the country within the competition.[11] This problem has since been overcome with the International Cricket Council demand that women's associations and toilet facility associations are unified beneath one single governance
2004
saw the West Indies tour the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, taking part in seven in the future International matches and a match. The match was drawn and West Indies won the in the future International series 5–2, however those 2 victories for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan were their initial against a check taking part in the nation.
In 2005, {pakistan|Pakistan|Islamic Republic of Islamic Republic of Pakistan|West Pakistan|Asian country|Asian nation} Cricket Board established a Women's Wing to superintend all Cricket Affairs below the Pakistan Cricket Board's management and to unite all the conflicts between numerous associations. The first international event was once Indian below twenty-one team toured the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, turning into the primary Indian women's facet to tour the country. This sealed the manner for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to host the second Women's Asia Cup in Gregorian calendar month 2005/January 2006. They lost all their games but, finishing last within the 3 team tournament. Thetournament featured the primary match between the Indian and Pakistani women's cricket groups.
Early in 2007, the Asian country squad toured Republic of South Africa and contend in a very five-match, in the future 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 virtually completed once sadly the event was delayed thanks to political instability and was touched to the Republic of South Africa. The Pakistan Women Team qualified for the ICC Women World Cup by defeating Ireland, Zimbabwe, Scotland, and the Netherlands. They qualified for this tournament after defeating the Hong Kong team in a three-match series in Pakistan in September 2006.
In an Asian country, views towards Women' cricket have softened considerably since its introduction. Cricket is presently seen as an associate improvement for women's rights; though feminine players got to follow knowledgeable rule associated behave in an acceptable manner publicly.[8][9]
Women's ODI World Cup
Pakistan has participated in three editions of the Women's Cricket World Cup: 1997 Women's Cricket World Cup, 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup and 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup.[12] The team did not win any of their matches throughout the 1997 Cricket World Cup and finished at eleventh place. Pakistan saw their initial win within the 2009 World Cup; they advanced to the Super Six spherical defeating country in cluster stage match by fifty-seven runs with Nain Abidi rating twenty-six runs, and also the girl of the match Qanita Jalil taking three wickets for thirty-three.[13] They qualified for the fifth-place contest match defeating archipelago within the Super Sixes by four wickets,[14] however finished at sixth place losing to a similar team by three wickets.[15] They were with none conclusion within the 2013 World Cup.
Women's T20I World Cup
Asia Cup
The Pakistani women's cricket team didn't participate within the inaugural edition of the women's Asia cup in 2004–05, Sri Lanka and Bharat vie a five-match series in Sri Lanka.[18] Pakistan hosted the second edition of the Asia Cup in 2005–06, however they didn't win one game of the tournament.[19] Bharat won the ultimate by ninety-seven runs, against Sri Lanka, vie at the National arena, Karachi.[20] within the third edition of the women's Asia Cup, all over again Pakistan didn't see a finish, and this was the third consecutive occasion that Bharat and the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka were taking part in within the final.[21] within the 2008 edition, of the Women's Asia Cup, Pakistan registered their solely finish against the Bangladeshi women's cricket team were taking part for the primary time in Asia Cup.[22]
The 2012 edition was a Twenty20 version of the sport that befell in port, China from twenty-four to thirty-one Gregorian calendar month 2012. Pakistan reached into the ultimate of the tournament and lost to Bharat by eighteen runs. Bismah Maroof was awarded woman of the tournament for her all-around performance.[23][24]
Asian Games 2010
The Pakistan national women's cricket team won a gold within the inaugural women's cricket tournament within the 2010 Asian Games that materialized in Guangzhou, China. In the final match at the 2010 Asian games, the Pakistani women's cricket nation defeated Bangladesh girls cricket team by ten wickets. Bangladeshi girls created ninety-two runs for nine wickets with their captain Salma Khatun marking 24; Nida Dar took three wickets freely giving sixteen runs in four overs. Pakistan girls achieved the target of ninety-three runs in fifteen.4 overs while not losing wickets: Dar scored fifty-one from four3 balls and Javeria Khan scored thirty-nine runs from fifty-one balls, both remained not out.[25][26] Asif Ali Zardari, the then-president of Asian nation, termed the team's win as a "gift to the state riding on a series of crises" as twenty-one million people were affected by flood in 2010.[27]
Asian Games 2014
In the 2014 Asian games, Pakistan girls' cricket team defeated once more Bangladesh women cricket team within the final match by four runs in Inchon, South Korea.[28] within the low marking match, Pakistan girls scored ninety-seven runs in twenty for six 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 girls against a similar team in Asian Games.[29][30]
