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KARACHI: Pakistan National Women’s Cricket Team’s captain Bismah Maroof expressed her goal to qualify directly for the next International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s World Cup 2025.

Bismah interacted with the media in the scheduled press conference ahead of the ODI series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka and revealed her target for her team to benefit from the ongoing ICC Women’s Championship and qualify directly for the next world cup.

“This series is a part of the ICC Women’s Championship so it is very important for us and every point in this championship is vital for us as we want to qualify directly for the next world cup,” Bismah stated.

“We are getting the opportunities to compete with the top side because of the ICC Women’s Championship as usually, we used to compete with them only in World Cups,” she maintained.

The Pakistani skipper further opined about the team’s bowling department and credited the bowling coach Saleem Jaafer for the improvement while also stressing the need of strengthening the domestic structure.

“Our bowling department has improved under the coaching of Saleem Jaffer. We, however, are in dire need to strengthen our domestic structure as it will help us to prepare the young players for the big level,” she claimed.

The skipper also provided an update on the fitness of the left-arm spinner Nashra Sandhu, stating “Nashra Sandhu is recovering from her injury.”

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan will take on Sri Lanka in a three-match ODI home series with the matches taking place on June 1, 3, and 5 respectively at Southend Club.

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KARACHI: Pakistan National Women’s Cricket Team’s captain Bismah Maroof has turned down the claims of her rifts with Javeria Khan.

Bismah interacted with the media in the scheduled press conference ahead of the T20I series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka and clarified that she does not hold any grudge against the right-handed batter Javeria.

“I do not have any rift with Javeria. It totally depends on the selectors, to whom they select in the squad,” Bismah stated.

The skipper also discussed the team’s preparations for the crucial series against Sri Lanka, stating that he is certain that the two teams would play competitive cricket, while also claiming to try adapting to the weather conditions.

“Preparations are in a great flow and we are trying to adapt to the weather conditions,” she said.

“We do not take Sri Lanka as an easy opponent. I think we would definitely witness a competitive cricket,” Bismah added.

The all-rounder also opined on the inclusion of the two uncapped players in the squad and claimed to have been playing with them for a long time.

“I have been playing for a long time with the newly included players, so there is nothing that they are new for me or am I unaware of their capabilities,” she concluded.

It is apropos to mention here that the three-match T20I series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka will kick off tomorrow, while the second and third T20I will be contested on May 26 and 28.

READ: Trophy for Pakistan-Sri Lanka Women’s T20I series unveiled

KARACHI: Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team captain Bismah Maroof has claimed that the scenario of the Pakistan team’s performance in the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 would be different if the side had won the two close matches against South Africa and Bangladesh.

In a statement released by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) upon the arrival of the women’s team, captain Bismah emphasized the side effects of losing the two close matches against Bangladesh and South Africa.

“There is no doubt that we are disappointed by our run in the world cup. But, I think our standings on the points table would be different if we had won two close matches against South Africa and Bangladesh,” she said.

“I think these defeats hurt us and we also learned from it. We will now take the field with a better approach,” she added.

Bismah also commented about the team’s upcoming schedule and said that competitive cricket will help us improve our mental strength.

“We are getting a chance to play competitive cricket and I think the more matches we play the more it will improve our mental strength,” she said.

“A good mental strength will also improve every individual’s mindset and it will help us in decision making,” she added.

The Pakistan captain also opined about the difference between the green shirts and the top teams in women’s cricket, shared that the team will work on reducing the gap.

“There is no doubt there is a lot of difference between the leading teams and us. We are lacking different approaches but are hopeful of working on our weaknesses,” she said.

“I think we lack decision making in pressure situations. We need to work on that too because the right decisions in such circumstances lead to the victory,” she added.

Pakistan’s captain Bismah then went on to opine about green shirts breaking the unwanted streak and winning the first world cup match after 2009, saying that she is happy that the team at least got away from the streak.

“We had a lot of pressure on us of not winning any world cup match in 13 years. But, thankfully, we have at least broken that losing streak,” she said.

“We also had a lot of positives to take from the world cup, from Sidra Ameen becoming the first batter to score a world cup century to Nida Dar’s exceptional bowling performance. We will look to carry these positives with us in our next challenges,” she concluded.

It is pertinent to mention here that Pakistan women’s cricket team had a dismal run in the ongoing world cup as the green shirts could only manage to win one out of their seven group-stage matches and ended last in the points table.

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