The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Wednesday confirmed Bismah Maroof will proceed to steer the nationwide girls’s limited-overs groups within the 2022-23 season.
“It’s actually an honour for any cricketer to captain their nation and it’s a nice privilege for me to proceed on this function. The 2022-23 cricket season is the busiest for Pakistan girls’s facet and we’re excited and equipped for the challenges it presents,” Bismah mentioned on her retention.
“Each match within the upcoming season is necessary for us as a staff as bilateral ODIs will decide whether or not we qualify for the following ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup and the T20Is present us alternatives to arrange for the all-important T20 World Cup in February subsequent yr.” the assertion issued by the PCB learn quoting the skipper.
It’s price mentioning that Bismah made her Pakistan debut at 15 towards India in an ODI at Jaipur in December 2006. She is the one Pakistan girls cricketer with 5,000 worldwide runs. She took the reins of the T20I facet in 2016 and was named the ODI captain after the 2017 ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup.
The skipper thanked the PCB for its immense help all through her profession, “especially in helping me strike the right work-life balance after the birth of Fatima.”
“There was a time after I contemplated giving up on my ardour for taking part in cricket, however the PCB ensured it by no means got here to that with the introduction of the maternity coverage, which has made the sport as inclusive as it may be for the ladies in our nation. I additionally wish to thank my household and particularly my husband, Abrar, who has been an amazing help all through my profession, and has offered me encouragement to proceed to play for Pakistan.”
Talking on the event, Head of Ladies’s cricket Tania Mallick mentioned: “I want to congratulate Bismah Maroof on her retention as the leader of the national side. She has been an inspiration for women around the world with her demeanour on and off the field and I am sure our side will produce strong and consistent results in their leadership over the next year.”
