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| Nickname | Women in Green | |||||||||
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| Association | Pakistan Cricket Board | |||||||||
| Personnel | ||||||||||
| Captain | Fatima Sana[1] | |||||||||
| Batting coach | Taufeeq Umar | |||||||||
| Bowling coach | Kamran Hussain | |||||||||
| Manager | Nahida Khan | |||||||||
| History | ||||||||||
| Test status acquired | 1998 | |||||||||
| International Cricket Council | ||||||||||
| ICC status | Full member (1952) | |||||||||
| ICC region | Asia | |||||||||
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| Tests | ||||||||||
| First Test | v Sri Lanka atColts Cricket Club Ground,Colombo; 17–20 April 1998 | |||||||||
| Last Test | v West Indies at theNational Stadium,Karachi; 15–18 March 2004 | |||||||||
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| One Day Internationals | ||||||||||
| First ODI | v New Zealand atHagley Oval,Christchurch; 28 January 1997 | |||||||||
| Last ODI | v Sri Lanka atR. Premadasa Stadium,Colombo; 24 October 2025 | |||||||||
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| World Cup appearances | 5 (first in1997) | |||||||||
| Best result | 5th (2009) | |||||||||
| T20 Internationals | ||||||||||
| First T20I | v Ireland atThe Vineyard,Dublin; 25 May 2009 | |||||||||
| Last T20I | v South Africa atWillowmoore Park,Benoni; 13 February 2026 | |||||||||
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| T20 World Cup appearances | 9 (first in2009) | |||||||||
| Best result | First round (2009,2010,2012,2014,2016,2018,2020,2023,2024) | |||||||||
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| As of 13 February 2026 | ||||||||||
ThePakistan women's national cricket team, also known asWomen in Green, representsPakistan in internationalcricket. It is organised by thePakistan Cricket Board, which is afull member of theInternational Cricket Council.
Pakistan made itsWomen's One Day International (WODI) debut in early 1997 againstNew Zealand, and later in the year played in the1997 World Cup in India. The team's inauguralTest match came againstSri 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 anotherWorld Cup until the2009 event in Australia. However, the team has played in all eight editions of theICC Women's T20 World Cup to date, and has also participated in theWomen's Asia Cup and theAsian Games cricket tournament.
The increase interrorism as a result of thewar on terror led to a stagnation of foreign teams touring Pakistan in the late 2000s and early 2010s. However, due to a decrease in terrorism in Pakistan over the past few years, as well as an increase in security,Bangladesh (twice),West Indies, Sri Lanka,Ireland, andSouth Africa have toured Pakistan since 2015.[9][10]
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The concept ofwomen's cricket was first introduced in Pakistan by two sisters,Shaiza andSharmeen Khan, in 1996. In conservative Pakistan, the creation of a Pakistan women's cricket team was even considered illegal and was met with court cases and even death threats. The government refused them permission to playIndia in 1997 and ruled that women were forbidden from playing sports in public due to religious issues.[11][12]
However, the team did manage to overcome these objections and represented Pakistanin 1997, playing againstNew Zealand andAustralia. 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 inIndia. They lost all five matches in the tournament and finished last, out of the eleven teams in the competition. The following year, Pakistan touredSri Lanka and played three One Day International matches, losing all of their matches and played in their first Test match, which they also lost.
In 2000, Pakistan toured Ireland for a five match One Day International series againstIreland. They lost the Test match by aninnings inside two days and the One Day International series 4–0, with one match interrupted by rain. Their first international win, in their 19th match, came against theNetherlands in a seven match One Day International series at their home ground in 2001, a series which they won 4–3. This form did not continue into their six One Day International tour of Sri Lanka in January 2002, though, and they again lost all six matches.
In 2003, Pakistan travelled to theNetherlands to take part in the2003 IWCC Trophy, the inaugural edition of what is now called simply theWorld Cup Qualifier. They finished fourth in the tournament, winning againstJapan andScotland. However, they missed out on qualification for the2005 Women's Cricket World Cup. The 2003 IWCC Trophy 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.[13] The Pakistan Cricket Board announced that they would not be sending a team to the tournament and that no other team should be allowed to represent the country in the competition.[14] This problem was overcome with the International Cricket Council requirement that women's associations and men's associations be unified under one single governing body.
2004 saw theWest Indiestour Pakistan, playing seven One Day International matches and a Test match. The Test match was drawn and West Indies won the One Day International series 5–2, but those two victories for Pakistan were their first against a Test-playing nation.
In 2005, Pakistan Cricket Board established a women's wing to oversee all cricket affairs under the Pakistan Cricket Board's control and to unite all the conflicts between various associations. The first international event was when the Indian under-21 team toured Pakistan, becoming the first Indian women's side to tour the country. This paved the way for Pakistan to host the secondWomen's Asia Cup in December 2005/January 2006. They lost all their games however, finishing last in the three-team tournament. The tournament featured the first match between the Indian and Pakistani women's cricket teams.
Early in 2007, the Pakistan squad toured South Africa and played in a five match, One Day International series. During that year, Pakistan was announced as the host for theWomen's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in which eight teams were scheduled to participate. All of the arrangements were almost completed for the tournament to be held in November when the event was postponed due to political instability and was moved to South Africa. Pakistan qualified for the2009 Women's Cricket World Cup by defeating Ireland,Zimbabwe, Scotland and Netherlands. They qualified for this tournament after defeatingHong Kong in a three match series in Pakistan in September 2006.
In Pakistan, views towards women's cricket have softened considerably since its introduction. Cricket is currently seen as an improvement for women's rights.[11][12]
In June 2019, the PCB reduced the number of contracted players from 17 to 10, but increased remuneration for the retained players.[15][16]
In the lead up to the2024 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup, former men's international cricketerMohammad Wasim was appointed head coach of the team.[17][18] He then initiated several measures to overhaul the team, including more effective workload management practices, a greater use of performance data, and a shift in mindset towards a positive brand of cricket.[19]
Pakistan have participated in five editions of theWomen's Cricket World Cup: in1997,2009,2013,2017, and2022. They did not win any of their matches during the 1997 Cricket World Cup and finished in eleventh place.[20]
Pakistan saw their first win in the 2009 World Cup; they advanced to the Super Six round defeating Sri Lanka in group stage match by 57runs withNain Abidi scoring 26 runs, and the player of the matchQanita Jalil taking 3 wickets for 33.[21] They qualified for the 5th placeplayoff match defeating West Indies in the Super Sixes by 4 wickets,[22] but finished at 6th place losing to the same team by 3 wickets.[23]
They were winless in both the 2013 World Cup and the 2017 World Cup, finishing bottom of the group stage tables in both tournaments.
It was not until the 2022 edition that Pakistan was able to earn another victory at the ODI World Cup. This came against the West Indies atSeddon Park,Hamilton, where they beat them by eight wickets in a group stage game, thus ending a 13-year 18-match losing streak.[24] However, they finished bottom of the group stage table, having lost all of their other six matches.[25]
Pakistan have participated in all the editions of theICC Women's World Twenty20. They lost all of their games in2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20 and2010 ICC Women's World Twenty20. In the2012 edition, they registered their solitary win overIndia. Pakistan defeated them by 1 run withSana Mir scoring 26 runs andNida Dar—who was awarded player of the match—taking 3 wickets for 12 runs.[26] Pakistan finished with 7th place playoff in the2014 ICC Women's World Twenty20; they defeated Sri Lanka by 14 runs in the playoffs.Bismah Maroof scored 62 runsnot out andSania Khan took 3 wickets for 24 runs. Maroof was awarded woman of the match.[27]
The Pakistan women's cricket team did not participate in theinaugural edition of the women's Asia cup in 2004–05, Sri Lanka and India played a five-match series in Sri Lanka.[28] Pakistan hosted thesecond edition of the Asia Cup in 2005–06, but they did not win a single game of the tournament.[29] India won the final by 97 runs, against Sri Lanka, played at theNational Stadium, Karachi.[30] In thethird edition of the women's Asia Cup, once again Pakistan failed to see a victory, and this was the third consecutive occasion that India and Sri Lanka were playing in the final.[31] In the2008 edition of the Women's Asia Cup, Pakistan registered their only victory against the Bangladeshi women's cricket team who were participating for the first time in Asia Cup.[32]
The2012 edition was a Twenty20 version of the game that took place inGuangzhou, China, from 24 to 31 October 2012. Pakistan reached into the final of the tournament, and lost to India by 18 runs.Bismah Maroof was awarded woman of the tournament for her all-round performance.[33][34]
The Pakistan national women's cricket team won a gold medal in theinaugural women's cricket tournament in the2010 Asian Games that took place inGuangzhou, China. In the final match at the 2010 Asian Games, Pakistan defeated Bangladesh women cricket team by 10 wickets. Bangladeshi women made 92 runs for 9 wickets with their captainSalma Khatun scoring 24;Nida Dar took 3 wickets giving away 16 runs in 4 overs. Pakistan women achieved the target of 93 runs in 15.4 overs without losing wickets: Dar scored 51 from 43 balls andJaveria Khan scored 39 runs from 51 balls, both remainednot out.[35][36]Asif Ali Zardari, the then-president of Pakistan, termed the team's win as a "gift to the nation riding on a series of crises" as 21 million people were affected byflood in 2010.[37]
In the 2014 Asian games, Pakistan women's cricket team defeated again Bangladesh women cricket team in the final match by four runs inIncheon, South Korea.[38] In the low scoring match, Pakistan women scored 97 runs in 20 for 6 wickets. The match was interrupted by rain. Bangladesh women innings reduced to 7 overs and their revised target was 43 runs perDuckworth–Lewis method; they scored 38 runs for 9 wickets. This was the second consecutive title won by the Pakistan women against the same team inAsian Games.[39][40]
Pakistan lost the Bronze medal match and finished 4th in the tournament.
A red box around the year indicates tournaments played within Pakistan
| World Cup record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR |
 1973 | Team did not exist | ||||||
 1978 | |||||||
| 1982 | |||||||
 1988 | |||||||
| 1993 | |||||||
| 1997 | Group Stage | 11/11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | Did not participate | ||||||
| 2005 | |||||||
| 2009 | Super Sixes | 5/8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | Group Stage | 8/8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Group Stage | 8/8 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | Group Stage | 8/8 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Group Stage | 8/8 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 6/12 | 0 Titles | 37 | 3 | 31 | 0 | 3 |
| T20 World Cup record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 2009 | Group Stage | 8/8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010 | Group Stage | 8/8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012 | Group Stage | 7/8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
 2014 | Group Stage | 8/10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Group Stage | 6/10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Group Stage | 8/10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020 | Group Stage | 7/10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2023 | Group Stage | 8/10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
 2024 | Group Stage | 8/10 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2026 | TBA | |||||||
| Total | 9/9 | 0 Titles | 36 | 9 | 26 | 0 | 1 | |
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Did not participate | |||||||
| 2005–06 | Group Stage | 3/3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2006 | Group Stage | 3/3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2008 | Group Stage | 3/4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
 2012 | Runners-ups | 2/8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
 2016 | Runners-ups | 2/6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
 2018 | Group Stage | 3/6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Semi-finals | 3/7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Semi-finals | 4/8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 8/9 | 0 Title | 41 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | |
| Asian Games record | ||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | L | T | NR | |
| 2010 | Champions | 1/8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 2014 | Champions | 1/10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Semi-finals | 4/9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 3/3 | 2 Titles | 10 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
This lists all active players who have a central contract or was named in the most recent ODI or T20I squad. Uncapped players are listed initalics. Updated as on 25 August 2024
| Name | Age | Batting style | Bowling style | Contract | Forms | Notes |
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| Batters | ||||||
| Sidra Ameen | 33 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | A | ODI, T20I | |
| Aliya Riaz | 33 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | B | ODI, T20I | |
| Sadaf Shamas | 27 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | D | ODI, T20I | |
| Ayesha Zafar | 31 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | - | ODI | |
| Gull Feroza | 27 | Right-handed | - | ODI, T20I | ||
| Shawaal Zulfiqar | 20 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | D | ||
| Iram Javed | 34 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | - | T20I | |
| Eyman Fatima | 21 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | D | ||
| All-rounders | ||||||
| Nida Dar | 39 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | A | ODI, T20I | |
| Omaima Sohail | 28 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium-fast | C | ODI, T20I | |
| Natalia Pervaiz | 30 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium-fast | - | ODI, T20I | |
| Wicket-keepers | ||||||
| Muneeba Ali | 28 | Right-handed | - | B | ODI, T20I | |
| Najiha Alvi | 23 | Right-handed | - | D | ODI, T20I | |
| Sidra Nawaz | 31 | Right-handed | - | C | ||
| Spin Bowlers | ||||||
| Nashra Sandhu | 28 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | B | ODI, T20I | |
| Sadia Iqbal | 30 | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | C | ODI, T20I | |
| Umm-e-Hani | 29 | Right-handed | Right-armoff break | D | ODI | |
| Tuba Hassan | 25 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | D | ODI, T20I | |
| Ghulam Fatima | 30 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | C | ||
| Syeda Aroob Shah | 22 | Right-handed | Right-armleg break | D | T20I | |
| Rameen Shamim | 30 | Left-handed | Right-armoff break | - | ODI | |
| Anosha Nasir | 20 | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | D | ||
| Pace Bowlers | ||||||
| Fatima Sana | 24 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | B | ODI, T20I | Captain |
| Diana Baig | 30 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium | C | ODI, T20I | |
| Waheeda Akhtar | 30 | Right-handed | Right-armmedium-fast | - | ODI | |
| Tasmia Rubab | 23 | Right-handed | Left-armmedium-fast | - | T20I | |
International Match Summary — Pakistan Women[41][42][43]
Last updated 8 October 2025
| Playing Record | ||||||
| Format | M | W | L | T | NR/Draw | Inaugural Match |
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| Women's Test | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 April 1998 |
| Women's One-Day Internationals | 220 | 65 | 148 | 3 | 4 | 28 January 1997 |
| Women's Twenty20 Internationals | 181 | 71 | 103 | 3 | 4 | 25 May 2009 |
Most Test runs for Pakistan Women[47]
| Most Test wickets for Pakistan Women[48]
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Women's Test record versus other nations[41]
Records complete to Women's Test #122. Last updated 18 March 2004.
| Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | Draw | First match | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 30–31 July 2000 | |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17–20 April 1998 | |
| West Indies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15–18 March 2004 |
Most ODI runs for Pakistan Women[52]
| Most ODI wickets for Pakistan Women[53]
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Highest individual innings in Women's ODI[54]
| Best bowling figures in an innings in Women's ODI[55]
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WODI record versus other nations[42]
Records complete to WODI #1494. Last updated 8 October 2025.
| Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | First match | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICC Full members | |||||||
| Australia | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 7 February 1997 | |
| Bangladesh | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 August 2012 | 20 August 2012 |
| England | 15 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 12 December 1997 | |
| India | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 30 December 2005 | |
| Ireland | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 December 1997 | 18 February 2008 |
| New Zealand | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 28 January 1997 | 12 December 1997 |
| South Africa | 31 | 6 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 16 December 1997 | 24 November 2011 |
| Sri Lanka | 33 | 11 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 11 April 1998 | 21 April 2011 |
| West Indies | 38 | 11 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 25 July 2003 | 25 March 2004 |
 Zimbabwe | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 November 2021 | 27 November 2021 |
| ICC Associate members | |||||||
 Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 December 1997 | |
 Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 July 2003 | 21 July 2003 |
 Netherlands | 12 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 April 2001 | 9 April 2001 |
 Scotland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 July 2003 | 22 July 2003 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 April 2025 | 17 April 2025 |
Most WT20I runs for Pakistan Women[59]
| Most WT20I wickets for Pakistan Women[60]
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WT20I record versus other nations[43]
Records complete to WT20I #2435. Last updated 10 August 2025.
| Opponent | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | First match | First win |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICC Full members | |||||||
| Australia | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 29 September 2012 | |
| Bangladesh | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 29 August 2012 | 29 August 2012 |
 Barbados | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 29 July 2022 | |
| England | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 16 June 2009 | 5 July 2013 |
| India | 16 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 June 2009 | 1 October 2012 |
| Ireland | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 25 May 2009 | 28 May 2009 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 May 2010 | 3 December 2023 |
| South Africa | 24 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 October 2010 | 19 January 2014 |
| Sri Lanka | 21 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 12 June 2009 | 16 January 2015 |
| West Indies | 22 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 6 September 2011 | 10 September 2011 |
| ICC Associate members | |||||||
| Malaysia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 June 2018 | 7 June 2018 |
 Nepal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 July 2024 | 21 July 2024 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 April 2011 | 24 April 2011 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 June 2018 | 3 June 2018 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 October 2022 | 9 October 2022 |
Note: Pakistan Women lost all 3 tied matches against West Indies inSuper Over.
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