Nida Dar

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Nida Dar (born 2 January 1987) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She has been the captain of the Pakistan women's national cricket team since April 2023.

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Nida Dar
Personal information
Full name
Nida Dar
Born (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 (age 38)
Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
NicknameLady Boom Boom
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 57)6 October 2010 v Ireland
Last ODI10 November 2023 v Bangladesh
T20I debut (cap 14)6 May 2010 v Sri Lanka
Last T20I6 October 2024 v India
T20I shirt no.8
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2007/08–2009/10Pakistan Universities
2010/11–2018/19Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited
2014Sialkot
2019/20Sydney Thunder
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 84 108 156 173
Runs scored 1,290 1,207 3,506 2,064
Batting average 18.16 15.08 31.87 17.64
100s/50s 0/8 0/4 3/25 0/7
Top score 87 75 204 75
Balls bowled 3,448 2,084 6,128 3,290
Wickets 74 103 178 173
Bowling average 31.01 18.16 19.93 17.50
5 wickets in innings 0 1 1 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/15 5/21 5/20 5/8
Catches/stumpings 22/– 34/– 43/– 47/–
Source: CricketArchive, 21 February 2023
Medal record
Representing  Pakistan
Women's Cricket
Asian Games
2010 GuangzhouTeam
2014 IncheonTeam
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An all-rounder, Dar is the most successful women's T20I bowler. She is the first Pakistani cricketer to take 100 wickets in T20Is. She has played domestic cricket for Pakistan Universities, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited, Sialkot and Sydney Thunder.[1][2]

Career

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Dar made her One Day International debut against Ireland on 6 October 2010 in Potchefstroom, South Africa.[1]

She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut on 6 May 2010 against Sri Lanka at Basseterre, St. Kitts. She was selected to play in the 2010 Asian Games in China,[3] where she was part of the Pakistan side that won the Asian women's cricket gold medal.[4]

On 6 June 2018, during the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup match against Sri Lanka, she took her first five-wicket haul and the best bowling figures by a Pakistan woman in WT20Is.[5][6] She finished the tournament as the highest wicket-taker for Pakistan, with eleven dismissals in five matches.[7]

In October 2018, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[8][9] Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the standout player in the team by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[10] In January 2020, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[11] In Pakistan's match against England, she played in her 100th WT20I match.[12]

In June 2021, Dar was named in the Pakistan's squad across all formats for their away series against the West Indies.[13] In the opening match of the T20I series, she picked up her 100th wicket by dismissing Deandra Dottin in the 10th over of the first innings, and became the first bowler, male or female to take 100 wickets in T20I cricket for Pakistan.[14] Following the match, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) congratulated her for achieving the feat.[15]

In October 2021, she was named in Pakistan's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[16] In January 2022, she was named as the vice-captain of Pakistan's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[17] In May 2022, she was named in Pakistan's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[18]

In April 2023, the Pakistan Cricket Board appointed Dar as captain of the women’s national team.[19]

In December 2023, Dar led the Pakistan women's national cricket team to a historic win against the New Zealand women's national cricket team, winning their first T20I series out of Asia and Ireland, and being the first Asian side to beat New Zealand in New Zealand.[20]

She was named in the Pakistan squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[21]

Personal life

Dar's nickname, "Lady Boom Boom", is an allusion to her batting firepower and a reference to the explosive batting style of Pakistani former cricketer Shahid Afridi, commonly known as Boom Boom Afridi.[22] Her father Rashid Dar was a first-class cricketer.[23]

Awards

  • PCB's Women’s Cricketer of the Year: 2021[24]

References

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