Pakistan’s women cricket team captain Nida Dar has become the highest wicket-taker in Women’s T20 Internationals with 137 wickets.
After taking the 137th wicket, Nida Dar sailed past Australia’s Megan Schutt’s record of 136 wickets.
England defeated Pakistanby 65 runs in the second T20 International and got a 2-0 lead in the three match series.
The Pakistan women’s cricket team, under the leadership of Nida Dar, has been selected for a tour of Bangladesh later this month. The Pakistani team will leave for Bangladesh on October 20, where they are scheduled to play six white-ball cricket matches, including three one-day internationals of the ICC Championship.
Bangladesh Cricket Board will announce the schedule of these matches later.
The Pakistani women’s team will participate in a six-day camp at Ghani Institute Lahore from October 14 and then leave for Bangladesh via Dubai on October 20.
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National Women’s Team:
Nida Dar (captain), Alia Riaz, Bisma Maruf, Diana Baig, Ghulam Fatima, Aram Javed, Muniba Ali (wicketkeeper), Najiha Alvi (wicketkeeper), Nashera Sindhu, Natalia Parvez, Sadaf Shams, Sadia Iqbal. , Sudra Amin, Umm Hani and Wahida Akhtar.
Pakistanis were jubilant over their men’s cricket team’s splendid performance against India, however, very little was said about the Pakistani women’s cricket team’s whitewash win against South Africa.
Female celebrities have risen to the challenge, advocating for more recognition to be given to the team.
Cricket player Shadab Khan shared a picture of the team, calling for them to be treated with equal respect as the men’s cricket team.
Actress Urwa Hocane gushed about how the win made her day, and hoped to see more women entering into every field and succeeding the same way.
“The news made my day! The kind of win I wish to see for #Pakistan everyday in every field regardless of gender, we need our full force! With all that potential our only option is to work harder & win at everything for the world to see!”
Actress Saba Qamar posted a congratulatory note on her Twitter account for the women’s cricket team.
Mawra Hocane posted a caption on her Instagram stories where she congratulated the team captain Sidra Amin, and the rest of the women’s cricket team for their fabulous performance.
Social media users celebrated the powerful performances by cricket players Nida Dar and the rest of the team.
Bismah Maroof has become the captain of Pakistan’s cricket team for the ICC Women’s World Cup, which will be held in New Zealand. The tournament will be played from March 4 till April 3.
The selection committee led by Asmavia Iqbal, which includes Saleem Jaffar and Taufeeq Umar, announced the complete squad.
An experienced all-rounder, Nida Dar has been appointed as Vice-Captain for the ICC Women’s World Cup.
The committee also announced the comeback of leg-spinner Ghulam Fatima and opener Nahida Khan in the national team.
Bismah is returning from a two-year break after she gave birth to her daughter in December 2020.
According to the new parental policy of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), a support person will be responsible for taking care of her child to keep her focus on the tournament.
Bismah Maroof said, “It is a great honour for me to lead my country into another World Cup. I am thrilled to be back in action and do what I love and have dedicated my life to.”
She added, “The recent selection matches proved to be fruitful for me and the whole side as we got some match practice under competitive and challenging environment leading into the mega event. The aim is to reach the World Cup semi-finals and I believe this team has the potential to pull it off.”
Pakistan Women’s cricket team will start their preparations for the pre-departure camp of 10 days in Karachi from January 27 and will leave for New Zealand on February 8.
Pakistan squad: Bismah Maroof (captain), Nida Dar (vice-captain), Aiman Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Anam Amin, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Ghulam Fatima, Javeria Khan, Muneeba Ali, Nahida Khan, Nashra Sandhu, Omaima Sohail, Sidra Amin, and Sidra Nawaz
Traveling reserves: Iram Javed, Najiha Alvi, and Tuba Hassan
6 March – Pakistan v India at Bay Oval, Tauranga
8 March – Pakistan v Australia at Bay Oval, Tauranga
11 March – Pakistan v South Africa at Bay Oval, Tauranga
14 March – Pakistan v Bangladesh at Seddon Park, Hamilton
21 March – Pakistan v West Indies at Seddon Park, Hamilton
24 March – Pakistan v England at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
26 March – Pakistan v New Zealand at Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Former cricketer Abdul Razzaq has come up with a clarification note after receiving immense criticism for making sexist comments about women cricketers in general and Nida Dar in particular.
Taking to Twitter, Razzaq shared that he has clarified his position on a phone call with Nida.
“A clip from a TV show has surfaced, highlighting some comments I made towards my fellow cricketer Nida Dar. Although these comments were made in a lighted-hearted way and not to offend anyone, on reflection the choice of words and their presentation was poor and wrong,” he wrote.
“I have subsequently called Nida Dar and clarified my position. I have the utmost respect for all women, especially our women cricketers, who have made great strides in our sport. Nida is our shining star and I hope she continues to make Pakistan proud,” the former all-rounder added.
Razzaq and Nida appeared in G Sarkar with Nauman Ijaz on Neo Tv. During the show, Nida was asked if women athletes always have to leave the sport after marriage.
“Do you have some kind of allergy with marriage? You don’t want to talk about it at all,” the cricketer was asked.
Dar commented, “They try to play the sport as much as they can since you never know after the wedding.”
While intervening in the conversation, Razzaq said women athletes do not marry as they always try to compete with their male counterparts.
“Oh, they don’t get married,” Razzaq said. “Their field is as such. When they become cricketers, they strive to be as equal as their male counterparts, if not better than them. They want to prove that not only men but women can also do it,” said the cricketer.
“The feeling [to get married] is gone [by the time they excel. If you shake her [Dar] hand, she is anything but feminine,” said Razzaq.
It should not be surprising how prevalent sexism is in our society but it is still disappointing when sportsmen pass sexist comments about their women colleagues. Recently, former cricketer and all-rounder 0 made some unwarranted and extremely sexist remarks about women cricketers in the presence of Pakistan’s ace cricketer Nida Dar.
First, Razzaq said that women cricketers don’t get married. Then he added: “She [Dar] aspires to come to the level of the men’s cricket team and believes that men aren’t the only ones who can do everything, women can do these things as well. That’s why the feeling is gone. Shake her hands and you won’t even feel she’s a girl.” Nida Dar remained cool and composed despite such misogynist comments.
To comment on a female athlete’s appearance is sexist. Period. It is unfortunate that our male cricketers think they can comment on their women colleagues’ appearance and say they are not feminine because they believe they are equal to men. If women demand equality, why does it irk our men? Women cricketers are as hardworking as our male cricketers. They are still not treated at par with their male counterparts. They also face sexism from society when we see comments about their appearance and bodies, which is quite prevalent. Instead of doing the same, Abdul Razzaq should have been more encouraging of women cricketers. He should have commended them for their courage and hard work despite facing so many challenges to reach the national cricket team.
This is not the first time we have seen such comments about women. It is no secret that we don’t treat women the same way as men, we don’t think of them as heroes, we don’t think they are at par with men. Recently, we saw how an issue was made by the Punjab Curriculum & Textbook Board for printing Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai’s picture alongside other important personalities. A campaign was started not to include Malala in the same list as that of other heroes. This is our unfortunate reality.
Let’s pay heed to the words of our founder Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah: “ No nation can rise to the height of glory unless your women are side by side with you.”
Pakistan cannot move forward without empowering women and breaking the chains of patriarchy.
Former cricketer and all-rounder Abdul Razzaq recently appeared in a TV show hosted by Nauman Ijaz with Pakistan women’s cricket team’s Nida Dar, where he passed sexist comments about her.
During the show, one of the members interrupted Dar while she was talking about her profession and said that women cricketers leave their profession and get married.
Abdul Razzaq was quick to jump in, saying, “Oh, they don’t get married.”
“Their field is as such. When they become cricketers, they strive to be as equal as their male counterparts, if not better than them. They want to prove that not only men, but they can also do it as well. The feeling [to get married] is gone [by the time they excel].”
“Aap inko hath mila kay dekh lein, yeh larki to nahi lagtein,” said Razzaq. (If you shake her [Dar’s] hand, she is anything but feminine).
People on social media are calling out Razzaq over his sexist comments.
Pakistan’s Nida Dar, more popularly known as Lady Lala, was picked in the ICC Women’s T20I team of the year.
The 32-year-old is the only Pakistani player in the 11-member squad led by Australia’s Meg Lanning. The maximum number of players have also been selected from Australia namely Alyssa Healy, Ellyse Perry and Megan Schutt.
Other members in the team include India’s Smriti Mandhana, Deepti Sharma and Radha Yadhav, South Africa’s Lizelle Lee and Shabnim Ismail. Dani Wyatt is the only England player in the team.
Nida Dar made her debut as a bowler in women’s twenty20 match against Sri Lanka in 2010. She took her first five-wicket haul in a match against Sri Lanka in women’s Twenty20 Asia Cup 2018. She was also named as the standout player in the team by the International Cricket Council for the 2018 ICC Women’s World Twenty20 tournament.