Nida Dar

Personal information
Full name	Nida Dar
Born	(1987-01-02)2 January 1987 (age 38) Gujranwala,Punjab,Pakistan
Nickname	Lady Boom Boom
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-armoff break
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Pakistan (2010–present)
ODI debut (cap 57)	6 October 2010 v Ireland
Last ODI	10 November 2023 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 14)	6 May 2010 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I	6 October 2024 v India
T20I shirt no.	8
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2007/08–2009/10	Pakistan Universities
2010/11–2018/19	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited
2014	Sialkot
2019/20	Sydney Thunder
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20 Matches 84 108 156 173 Runs scored 1,290 1,207 3,506 2,064 Batting average 18.16 15.08 31.87 17.64 100s/50s 0/8 0/4 3/25 0/7 Top score 87 75 204 75 Balls bowled 3,448 2,084 6,128 3,290 Wickets 74 103 178 173 Bowling average 31.01 18.16 19.93 17.50 5 wickets in innings 0 1 1 2 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 4/15 5/21 5/20 5/8 Catches/stumpings 22/– 34/– 43/– 47/–
Medal record Representing Pakistan Women'sCricket Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team 2014 Incheon Team
Source:CricketArchive,21 February 2023

Nida Dar (born 2 January 1987) is a Pakistanicricketer who plays as a right-handedbatter and right-armoff breakbowler. Shecaptained thePakistan women's national cricket team for 24 WT20Is and 13 WODIs between April 2023 and August 2024.

An all-rounder, Dar is the most successful women'sT20I bowler. She is the first Pakistani cricketer to take100 wickets in T20Is. She has played domestic cricket forPakistan Universities,Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited,Sialkot andSydney Thunder.^[1][2]

Dar made herOne Day International debut againstIreland on 6 October 2010 inPotchefstroom,South Africa.^[1]

She made herWomen's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut on 6 May 2010 againstSri Lanka atBasseterre,St. Kitts. She was selected to play in the2010 Asian Games inChina,^[3] where she was part of the Pakistan side that wonthe Asian women's cricket gold medal.^[4]

On 6 June 2018, during the2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup match against Sri Lanka, she took her firstfive-wicket haul and the best bowling figures by a Pakistan woman in WT20Is.^[5][6] She finished the tournament as the highest wicket-taker for Pakistan, with eleven dismissals in five matches.^[7]

In October 2018, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.^[8][9] Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the standout player in the team by theInternational Cricket Council (ICC).^[10] In January 2020, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.^[11] In Pakistan's match againstEngland, she played in her 100th WT20I match.^[12]

In June 2021, Dar was named in the Pakistan's squad across all formats for their away seriesagainst the West Indies.^[13] In the opening match of the T20I series, she picked up her 100th wicket by dismissingDeandra Dottin in the 10th over of the first innings, and became the first bowler, male or female to take 100 wickets in T20I cricket for Pakistan.^[14] Following the match, thePakistan Cricket Board (PCB) congratulated her for achieving the feat.^[15]

In October 2021, she was named in Pakistan's team for the2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.^[16] In January 2022, she was named as the vice-captain of Pakistan's team for the2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.^[17] In May 2022, she was named in Pakistan's team for thecricket tournament at the2022 Commonwealth Games inBirmingham, England.^[18]

In April 2023, thePakistan Cricket Board appointed Dar as captain of the women’s national team.^[19] She was succeeded as all-format captain byFatima Sana in August 2024.^[20][21][22]

In December 2023, Dar led thePakistan women's national cricket team to a historic win against theNew Zealand women's national cricket team, winning their first T20I series out ofAsia andIreland, and being the first Asian side to beatNew Zealand inNew Zealand.^[23]

She was named in the Pakistan squad for the2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.^[24]

Dar'snickname, "Lady Boom Boom", is an allusion to her batting firepower and a reference to the explosive batting style of Pakistani former cricketerShahid Afridi, commonly known as Boom Boom Afridi.^[25] Her father Rashid Dar was a first-class cricketer.^[26]

• PCB's Women’s Cricketer of the Year: 2021^[27]

• Nida Dar atESPNcricinfo
• Nida Dar atCricketArchive(subscription required)

• 1987 births
• Living people
• People from Gujranwala
• Pakistani people of Kashmiri descent
• Pakistani women cricketers
• Pakistani women cricket captains
• Pakistan women One Day International cricketers
• Pakistan women Twenty20 International cricketers
• Pakistan Universities women cricketers
• Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited women cricketers
• Sialkot women cricketers
• Sydney Thunder (WBBL) cricketers
• Pakistani expatriate cricketers in Australia
• Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan
• Asian Games cricketers for Pakistan
• Asian Games gold medalists in cricket
• Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games
• Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games
• Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
• Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
• Cricketers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games competitors for Pakistan

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