Pakistan women's cricket team in Australia and New Zealand in 1996–97

The Pakistan women's national cricket team toured New Zealand and Australia in January and February 1997. They played New Zealand in two One Day Internationals and Australia in one One Day International, losing all three matches.^[1] The matches were the first ever played by a Pakistan women's national team, with a side put together by sisters Shaiza and Sharmeen Khan against strong opposition from groups within Pakistan. The team needed to play the three international matches on the tour to qualify for the 1997 World Cup.^[2]

Pakistan women's cricket team in New Zealand in 1996–97
	New Zealand	Pakistan
Dates	10 – 29 January 1997
Captains	Maia Lewis	Shaiza Khan
One Day International series
Results	New Zealand won the 2-match series 2–0
Most runs	Maia Lewis (105)	Kiran Baluch (19)
Most wickets	Julie Harris (6) Justine Fryer (6)	Sharmeen Khan (2)

Tour of New Zealand

Squads

New Zealand[3]	Pakistan[4]
Maia Lewis (c) Trudy Anderson Catherine Campbell Helen Daly Emily Drumm Shelley Fruin Justine Fryer Julie Harris Debbie Hockley Katrina Keenan Karen Le Comber Clare Nicholson Rebecca Rolls (wk)	Shaiza Khan (c) Kiran Baluch Maliha Hussain Nazli Istiaq Najmunnissa Ismail (wk) Aisha Jalil Shabana Kausar Abida Khan Sharmeen Khan Meher Minwalla Shahnaz Sohail Sultana Yousaf

Tour Matches

Pakistan Women played 12 tour matches in New Zealand, but only the two matches below have available scorecards:^[1]

50-over match: Canterbury v Pakistan

10 January 1997 Scorecard

Canterbury 425/6 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 44 (34.1 overs)
Katrina Keenan 112 (79) Sultana Yousaf 1/35 (5 overs)		Shaiza Khan 23 (–) Helen Watson 4/13 (10 overs)

Canterbury Women won by 381 runs Garrick Park, Christchurch Umpires: Eddie Brownlee (NZ) and Jeremy Busby (NZ)

• Toss unknown.

50-over match: Otago v Pakistan

19 January 1997 Scorecard

Pakistan  84 (42.5 overs)	v	Otago 85/4 (27.5 overs)
Shaiza Khan 33 (–) Amanda Guthrie 3/5 (– overs)		Rachel Pullar 20* (–) Shaiza Khan 4/22 (10 overs)

Otago Women won by 6 wickets Molyneux Park, Alexandra

• Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Full scorecard unavailable.

WODI Series

1st ODI

28 January 1997 Scorecard

Pakistan  56 (33.3 overs)	v	New Zealand 57/0 (8.1 overs)
Kiran Baluch 19 (41) Julie Harris 4/8 (6 overs)		Karen Le Comber 32* (23)

New Zealand Women won by 10 wickets Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Barry Frost (NZ) and Grant Robinson (NZ)

• Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Helen Daly, Justine Fryer, Rebecca Rolls (NZ), Kiran Baluch, Maliha Hussain, Najmunnissa Ismail, Aisha Jalil, Shabana Kausar, Abida Khan, Shaiza Khan, Sharmeen Khan, Meher Minwalla, Shahnaz Sohail and Sultana Yousaf (Pak) all made their WODI debuts.

2nd ODI

29 January 1997 Scorecard

New Zealand  455/5 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 47 (23 overs)
Maia Lewis 105 (72) Sharmeen Khan 2/87 (10 overs)		Sharmeen Khan 11 (14) Clare Nicholson 4/18 (7 overs)

New Zealand Women won by 408 runs Hagley Oval, Christchurch Umpires: Barry Frost (NZ) and Grant Robinson (NZ)

• Pakistan Women won the toss and elected to field.

Tour of Australia

Pakistan women's cricket team in Australia in 1996–97
	Australia	Pakistan
Date	7 February 1997
Captains	Belinda Clark	Shaiza Khan
One Day International series
Results	Australia won the 1-match series 1–0
Most runs	Lisa Keightley (156)	Shabana Kausar (6)
Most wickets	Olivia Magno (4)	4 bowlers (1)

Squads

Australia[5]	Pakistan[4]
Belinda Clark (c) Lisa Keightley Zoe Goss Karen Rolton Mel Jones Cherie Bambury Joanne Broadbent Olivia Magno Julia Price (wk) Charmaine Mason Avril Fahey	Shaiza Khan (c) Kiran Baluch Maliha Hussain Nazli Istiaq (wk) Najmunnissa Ismail Aisha Jalil Shabana Kausar Abida Khan Sharmeen Khan Meher Minwalla Shahnaz Sohail Sultana Yousaf

Only WODI

7 February 1997 Scorecard

Australia  397/4 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 23 (24.1 overs)
Lisa Keightley 156* (147) Aisha Jalil 1/15 (2 overs)		Shabana Kausar 6 (18) Olivia Magno 4/11 (5 overs)

Australia Women won by 374 runs Wesley Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Bob Stratford (Aus) and Paul Jensen (Aus)

• Australia Women won the toss and elected to bat.
• Cherie Bambury, Avril Fahey, Mel Jones, Charmaine Mason (Aus) and Nazli Istiaq (Pak) all made their WODI debuts.