Nain Abidi

Syeda Nain Fatima Abidi (born 23 May 1985; Urdu: سیدہ نین فاطمہ عابدی) is a Pakistani-American cricketer who played as a right-handed batter. She served as the vice-captain of Pakistan women's cricket team.^[1] She appeared in 87 One Day Internationals and 68 Twenty20 Internationals for Pakistan between 2006 and 2018, and in 2012 became the first Pakistani player to score a century in WODIs, scoring 101* against Ireland.^[2][3] She played domestic cricket for Karachi and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited.^[4][5]

Nain Abidi

Nain Abidi in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Syeda Nain Fatima Abidi
Born	(1985-05-23) 23 May 1985 (age 40) Karachi, Pakistan
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Batting	Right-handed
Role	Batter
International information
National side	Pakistan (2006–2018)
ODI debut (cap 46)	19 December 2006 v India
Last ODI	15 July 2017 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no.	18
T20I debut (cap 6)	25 May 2009 v Ireland
Last T20I	9 June 2018 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2005/06-2007/08	Karachi
2009/10–2012/13	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited
2014	Karachi
2015–2018	Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited
2021–present	Philadelphia
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20 Matches 87 68 158 113 Runs scored 1,626 972 3,707 1,847 Batting average 20.84 18.00 30.63 21.22 100s/50s 1/9 0/3 6/20 0/6 Top score 101* 56 153* 85* Balls bowled – 24 12 24 Wickets – 1 0 1 Bowling average – 17.00 – 17.00 5 wickets in innings – 0 0 0 10 wickets in match – 0 0 0 Best bowling – 1/7 – 1/17 Catches/stumpings 27/– 22/– 73/– 39/–
Medal record Representing  Pakistan Women's Cricket Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team 2014 Incheon Team
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 January 2022

Background

Nain Abidi is a Syed, born on 23 May 1985 in Karachi. During her childhood, she trained at Zaheer Abbas Cricket Academy at Karachi. She is coached by Sagheer Abbas, the younger brother of Zaheer Abbas.^[6]

Pakistan career

2006

Nain made her international one-day debut on 19 December 2006 against India at Jaipur.^[7]

2009

She was part of the team at the Women's Cricket World Cup in Australia later that year.^[7]

2010

Nain was a member of the gold medal-winning Pakistan team at the 2010 Asian Games in China.^[8]

United States career

In January 2017, she married Asad and moved to United States of America. After playing in the 2017 Women's World Cup, she took a break from cricket. She returned to Pakistan to play the Development T20 Women's Cricket Championship in 2018.^[9] After playing for Pakistan in the 2018 Women's Asia Cup, Abidi took a six-month break to visit her husband working in the United States. In 2019, she and her husband had their first child, a son. They subsequently settled in United States and Nain retired from Pakistani cricket.^[10][6] After a two-year gap, she began playing regional tournaments in United States.^[11] In April 2021, she said that Pakistan Cricket Board had granted her permission to represent the United States women's team.^[12] She was sponsored by Nabeel Ahmed, a business tycoon and the former vice-president of USA cricket, for the USA National Women's Championship.^[6][13]