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| Full name | Shaiza Said Khan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1969-03-18)18 March 1969 (age 56) Karachi, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-armleg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Sharmeen Khan (sister) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 7) | 17 April 1998 v Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 15 March 2004 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 9) | 28 January 1997 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 2 April 2004 v West Indies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005/06 | Karachi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shaiza Said Khan (born 18 March 1969) is a Pakistani formercricketer who played as a right-armleg breakbowler and right-handedbatter. She and her sister,Sharmeen, are considered pioneers of women's cricket in Pakistan.[1] She appeared in threeTest matches and 40One Day Internationals forPakistan between 1997 and 2004,captaining the side throughout this period. She played domestic cricket forKarachi.[2][3]
Shaiza Khan was born to a wealthy carpet merchant in Karachi. She attended theConvent of Jesus and Mary, Karachi and then joined theConcord College, Acton Burnell,Shropshire for her O & A Levels. She later went to theUniversity of Leeds where she studied Textile Engineering, as well as became the first non-British captain of the women's cricket team.[4] She also played a match forMiddlesex in 1991, againstEast Anglia, in which she took 6/39 from her 11 overs.[5]
She holds the world record for the best bowling figures in a Test match, taking 13/226 againstthe West Indies in 2004 in Karachi.[6][7][8] During her 13-wicket haul she also took ahat-trick, only the second in women's Test history afterBetty Wilson's feat against England in February 1958.[9]
She also held the record for the most wickets on a single ground in WODIs, with 23 wickets atNational Stadium, Karachi, until it was broken byShabnim Ismail in 2019.[10]
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