Bismah Maroof

Bismah Maroof
Personal information
Full name
Bismah Maroof
Born (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 33)
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleAll-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 45)13 December 2006 v India
Last ODI23 April 2024 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.3
T20I debut (cap 13)29 May 2009 v Ireland
Last T20I5 December 2023 v New Zealand
T20I shirt no.3
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2006/07Lahore
2009/10–2018/19Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited
2009/10Pakistan Universities
2014Lahore
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I WLA WT20
Matches 136 140 209 216
Runs scored 3,369 2,893 5,874 5,041
Batting average 29.55 27.55 37.72 34.29
100s/50s 0/21 0/12 5/37 0/32
Top score 99 70* 159 77*
Balls bowled 1,757 898 3,090 1,527
Wickets 44 36 97 73
Bowling average 26.68 23.30 18.10 17.65
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 4/7 3/21 4/7 3/6
Catches/stumpings 40/– 37/– 66/– 72/–
Source: CricketArchive, 25 April 2024
Medal record
Representing  Pakistan
Women's Cricket
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Guangzhou Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Incheon Team

Bismah Maroof (born 18 July 1991) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played as an all-rounder, batting left-handed and bowling right-arm leg break. In June 2022, she became the most runs scorer for Pakistani women's cricket team in both ODI and T20I formats (more than 2000 runs in each).[1][2] She has appeared for Pakistan in over 200 matches, captained the side between 2013 and 2020, and was the first woman to score 1,000 runs in ODIs for Pakistan.[3] In April 2021, Maroof took a break from cricket to give birth, before confirming her return to availability in December 2021 ahead of the 2022 World Cup.[4][5][6] She has played domestic cricket for Lahore, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited and Pakistan Universities.[7][8] As of 2022, she currently holds the world record for having scored the most number of runs in the history of Women's ODIs without a single career century with 3,017 runs.[9]

On 23 March 2023, Bismah was awarded the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, Pakistan's fourth-highest civilian honour.[10]

  1. ^ "Pakistan Women Cricket Team ODI Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Pakistan Women Cricket Team T20I Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  3. ^ "Pathmakers – First to 1000 ODI runs from each country". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Pakistan batter Bismah Maroof confirms availability for 2022 World Cup". CricTracker. 29 December 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Cricket's mothers have it better now than ever (but not all of them)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  6. ^ "The Spin | Pakistan's Bismah Maroof radiates the power to inspire change in cricket". the Guardian. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Player Profile: Bismah Maroof". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  8. ^ "Player Profile: Bismah Maroof". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Records | Women's One-Day Internationals | Batting records | Most runs in a career without a hundred | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Babar Azam, Bismah Maroof awarded Pakistan's civilian honours". ESPNcricinfo. 23 March 2023.