Bismah Maroof

Bismah Maroof (born 18 July 1991)[1] is a Pakistani international cricketer and current captain of the Pakistan national women's cricket team. She was the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for Pakistan.[2]

Bismah Maroof
Personal information
Full nameBismah Maroof
Born (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingLegbreak
RoleAllrounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 46)13 December 2006 v India
Last ODI14 December 2019 v England
ODI shirt no.3
T20I debut (cap 13)29 May 2009 v Ireland
Last T20I28 February 2020 v England
T20I shirt no.3
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006/07Lahore Women
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I
Matches 105 103
Runs scored 2462 2097
Batting average 27.35 27.23
100s/50s 0/12 0/10
Top score 99 65*
Balls bowled 1619 808
Wickets 43 36
Bowling average 24.51 20.13
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/7 3/21
Catches/stumpings 30/– 30/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 February 2020

International career

Bismah was part of the Pakistan squad at the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup in Australia. She was part of the team that won a gold medal against Bangladesh at the 2010 Asian Games in China.[3] She was named vice-captain of the Pakistan squad[4] that won a second successive gold medal against Bangladesh at the 2014 Asian Games in South Korea.[5]

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.[6] In the series, Pakistan won their first ever ODI against the New Zealand in the third match.[7]

In March 2018, under her captaincy Pakistan clean swept Sri Lanka 3-0 in the ODI series on the Sri Lanka tour.[8] This was only the second time that Pakistan team won an ODI series 3-0.[7] In the T20 series, Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka 2-1.[9]

She was the leading run-scorer for Pakistan in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, with 143 runs in five matches.[10]

In October 2018, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[11][12] In October 2019, she was named as the captain of the Women's Global Development Squad, ahead of a five-match series in Australia.[13]

In January 2020, she was named as the captain of Pakistan's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[14] However, on 28 February 2020, in the match against England, she broke her right thumb.[15] She was ruled out of the rest of the tournament, with Nahida Khan named as her replacement and Javeria Khan captaining the side in her absence.[16]

References
  1. Bismah Maroof Archived July 24, 2011, at the Wayback Machine ICC Cricket World Cup. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
  2. "Pathmakers – First to 1000 ODI runs from each country". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. "Final, Asian Games Women's Cricket Competition at Guangzhou, Nov 19 2010". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  4. "Pakistan women set to defend cricket title". The Express Tribune. September 11, 2014.
  5. "Pakistan clinch thriller to win gold". ESPNcricinfo. 26 September 2014.
  6. "Maroof-led Pakistan squad named for New Zealand series". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
  7. Aliani, Shahbano (1 June 2018). "Bismah Maroof at the helm: Getting to know the Pakistan women's cricket captain". Dawn.
  8. "Pakistan Women pulverise Sri Lanka, earn praise from PCB Chairman Sethi". Dawn. 24 March 2018.
  9. "Pak women beat Sri Lanka women to take T20I series 2-1". The News International. 1 April 2018.
  10. "Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, 2018, Pakistan Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  11. "Bismah Maroof returns for Women's World T20 but not as captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  12. "Bismah Maroof returns to Pakistan squad, Javeria Khan stays on as captain". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  13. "Bismah to lead Women's Global Development Squad". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  14. "Pakistan squad for ICC Women's T20 World Cup announced". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  15. "Pakistan skipper Bismah Maroof out of women's T20 World Cup with injury". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
  16. "Bismah Maroof ruled out of ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
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