Nida Dar-led Pakistan ladies’s cricket workforce might be eying to repeat the heroics of the T20I sequence, after they tackle New Zealand ladies’s workforce within the first of the three-match ODI sequence right this moment on the John Davies Oval in Queenstown.
The second and third ODIs might be performed on December 15 and 18, respectively in Christchurch.
The primary ODI will begin at 11am native time, whereas the remaining two matches of the ODI sequence will start at 1400 native time.
The ODIs are a part of the ICC Girls’s Championship 2022-25, the place Pakistan are positioned fifth with 14 factors from 15 matches performed thus far within the championship. The hosts are within the sixth spot, incomes 12 factors from as many video games.
In head-to-head, either side have performed 14 ODIs, and on 13 events, the hosts have received, whereas the one win for Pakistan ladies got here in Sharjah in 2017, the place captain Sana Mir, for her all-round efficiency, was named participant of the match.
Pakistan gamers to be careful for (in alphabetical order):
Fatima Sana: Younger right-arm pacer Fatima Sana, after coming back from harm, took six wickets within the three T20Is in opposition to White Ferns and was declared participant of the sequence. She is at present tied on the fourth spot within the ICC Girls’s Championship 2022-25, taking 16 wickets from 10 matches. She was named PCB’s Rising Cricketer of the Yr in 2020 and in addition received the ICC Rising Cricketer of the Yr in 2021.
Nida Dar: Captain and eighth-ranked all-rounder in ICC Girls’s ODI rankings, Nida Dar will hope to realize one other milestone as she is simply two wickets shy of her 100 ODI wickets. She is going to turn out to be the second Pakistan ladies’s cricketer to realize this after former captain Sana Mir ended her profession with 151 wickets. Nida has additionally taken 14 wickets within the ICC Girls’s Championship matches. She was declared ICC Participant of the Month for October final 12 months.
Sadia Iqbal: Left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal has carried out nicely within the latest occasions, and her 4 for 13 within the first ODI in opposition to Bangladesh in Mirpur final month helped Pakistan to a five-wicket win over the hosts. Within the T20I sequence in opposition to White Ferns, Sadia bowled at an financial system fee of six. For her latest performances, she has been shortlisted in ICC Participant of the Month for November.
Sidra Amin: The precise-handed batter is at present main (15 matches, 747 runs, 2x100s, 4x50s) the ICC Girls’s Championship 2022-25 batting charts. Sidra has fond recollections of touring New Zealand prior to now, as she stays the one Pakistan ladies’s workforce participant to attain an ODI century within the ICC Girls’s World Cup when she scored 104 in opposition to Bangladesh in Hamilton final 12 months. For her distinctive efficiency final 12 months, the 31-year-old batter was named ICC Participant of the Month in November.
Former Pakistan Take a look at opening batter Taufeeq Umar, at present working as batting coach with the ladies’s workforce, has performed 4 Take a look at matches in New Zealand. He toured with the Pakistan males’s workforce in 2003 and 2011 and scored two half-centuries within the two Take a look at-match sequence in 2011.
Speaking to PCB Digital, Taufeeq Umar, stated: “Profitable the T20I sequence in opposition to New Zealand Girls was a historic achievement for us. It’s a testomony to the onerous work and dedication of our gamers, and I’m happy with how our batters took duty and delivered below strain. “The batters have proven nice maturity and flexibility within the T20Is, and we want to carry that momentum into the upcoming ODI sequence. The circumstances right here pose a novel problem, and our batters have accomplished exceptionally nicely thus far. They’ve performed with a optimistic intent and I hope they’ll keep on with this within the ODIs.
“Going through a robust New Zealand Girls’s workforce of their yard is all the time a problem, however our batters are well-prepared. They’ve acclimatised to the circumstances, and the expertise gained within the T20Is will definitely play a vital function within the ODIs.”
Pakistan squad for ODI sequence:
Nida Dar (captain), Aliya Riaz, Bismah Maroof, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Ghulam Fatima, Muneeba Ali (wk), Najiha Alvi (wk), Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Omaima Sohail, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Umm-e-Hani and Waheeda Akhtar.