Fatima Sana’s Pakistan have made enhancements in current instances, however they’d not be beginning the ICC Ladies’s World Cup as one of many favourites for one the semifinal spots. They do have a very good mixture of skilled gamers and younger abilities coming by means of however optimistic leads to ODIs in opposition to the highest groups have been few and much between.
How is Pakistan’s type coming into the World Cup?
Pakistan got here by means of a six-team ICC Ladies’s Cricket World Cup 2025 Qualifier that they hosted in April. The underside 4 groups from the Ladies’s Championship, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Eire and West Indies had been joined by Scotland and Thailand for a round-robin competitors from which the highest two nations would progress to the World Cup. Hosts Pakistan received all 5 of their matches to qualify comfortably. This month, they performed a three-match ODI collection in Lahore in opposition to South Africa, that they misplaced 1-2. A outstanding late collapse within the second ODI, the place they had been heading in the direction of chasing 313, noticed Pakistan ended up shedding six wickets for 40 runs within the backend.
What does captain Fatima Sana need to say?
“We’ve got a balanced squad with a mixture of skilled gamers and thrilling younger expertise. Teammates like Sidra Amin, Diana Baig, Nashra Sundhu, Aliya Riaz, and Muneeba Ali have already been a part of previous World Cups and convey calmness and expertise. On the identical time, kids like Eyman Fatima, Shawaal Zulfiqar, and Natalia Parvaiz convey recent vitality and abilities that add depth to our group,” Sana wrote in her column for ICC.
“As captain and a quick bowler, I’m trying ahead to the circumstances in Sri Lanka. Bowling there requires self-discipline, and as a bunch of pacers and spinners, our greatest check might be to strike at key moments and help one another by means of partnerships within the subject. On the batting aspect, we all know that constructing partnerships and enjoying with freedom might be essential. Our preparations began months in the past, with camps and matches designed to sharpen our sport. Having former internationals like Mr. Mohammad Wasim and Mr. Junaid Khan in our teaching employees has added nice worth. Their steering has helped us suppose deeper in regards to the 50-over sport and how one can adapt in numerous phases of a match.”
Who might be Pakistan’s star participant?
It’s onerous to look previous captain Fatima Sana for this. A gifted medium-pacer, Fatima has additionally added power-hitting to her arsenal, and is a helpful middle-order batter now, able to upping the ante. Her profession strike price is 74.21 however in 2023 and 2025 is went as much as 80.33 and 91.73. After batting at 7 or decrease until 2022, she began to climb up, extra lately batting between 4 and 6 within the South Africa collection (although the returns had been low). Energy sport has been Pakistan’s drawback space for a very long time, however it has began to point out indicators of enchancment.
What are Pakistan’s life like probabilities?
Regardless of all of the enhancements, it’s onerous to see Pakistan ending anyplace within the high 6. One benefit they do have is enjoying all their matches in Colombo, which is able to imply they’d have a very good dangle of the circumstances because the match progresses. However Pakistan’s document within the Ladies’s World Cup is abysmal, having received solely 3 matches of the 30 they performed. Once they defeated West Indies in Hamilton final version for his or her solitary victory in New Zealand, that they had ended a run of 18 straight defeats.
What’s Pakistan’s full squad?
Fatima Sana (c), Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (vc), Aliya Riaz, Diana Baig, Eyman Fatima, Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Omaima Sohail, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz, Syeda Aroob Shah.
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What are Pakistan’s fixtures?
October 2: vs Bangladesh, Colombo
October 5: vs India, Colombo
October 8: vs Australia, Colombo
October 15: vs England, Colombo
October 18: vs New Zealand, Colombo
October 21: vs South Africa, Colombo
October 24: vs Sri Lanka, Colombo
What’s Pakistan’s historical past within the match?
1999: eleventh
2009: fifth
2013: eighth
2017: eighth
2022: eighth