# Bismah Maroof

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Pakistani cricketer

Bismah Maroof Personal information Full name Bismah Maroof Born (1991-07-18) 18 July 1991 (age 34) Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan Batting Left-handed Bowling Right-arm leg break Role All-rounder International information National side Pakistan (2006–2024) ODI debut (cap 45) 13 December 2006 v India Last ODI 23 April 2024 v West Indies ODI shirt no. 3 T20I debut (cap 13) 29 May 2009 v Ireland Last T20I 5 December 2023 v New Zealand T20I shirt no. 3 Domestic team information Years Team 2006/07 Lahore 2009/10–2018/19 Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited 2009/10 Pakistan Universities 2014 Lahore 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/– Medal record Representing Pakistan Women's Cricket Asian Games 2010 Guangzhou Team 2014 Incheon Team Source: CricketArchive, 25 April 2024

**Bismah Maroof** (born 18 July 1991) is a Pakistani former [cricketer](/source/Cricket) who played as an [all-rounder](/source/All-rounder), [batting](/source/Batting_(cricket)) left-handed and [bowling](/source/Bowling_(cricket)) right-arm [leg break](/source/Leg_spin). In June 2022, she became the highest runs scorer for [the Pakistan women's cricket team](/source/Pakistan_women's_national_cricket_team) in both ODI and T20I formats (more than 2000 runs in each).[1][2] She has appeared for [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan_women's_national_cricket_team) in over 200 matches, [captained](/source/Captain_(cricket)) 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](/source/2022_Women's_Cricket_World_Cup).[4][5][6] She has played domestic cricket for [Lahore](/source/Lahore_women's_cricket_team), [Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited](/source/Zarai_Taraqiati_Bank_Limited_women's_cricket_team) and [Pakistan Universities](/source/Pakistan_Universities_women's_cricket_team).[7][8] As of 2022, she holds the world record for having scored the most 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](/source/Tamgha-e-Imtiaz), Pakistan's fourth-highest civilian honour.[10]

## Early life

Bismah was born into a [Kashmiri](/source/Kashmiris_in_Punjab) family.[11] Her parents being well-educated, were in favour of her pursuing an academic career and establishing herself in the world of [medicine](/source/Medicine). As she grew into her late teens, her interest for cricket developed, and that too to such an extent, that while at [Lahore College for Women University](/source/Lahore_College_for_Women_University), her passion peaked and so she decided to step out of academics, after completion of [high school](/source/Secondary_school), into the cricketing sphere, leaving behind the ambitions of becoming a doctor. She broke into the Pakistan national set-up at the age of 15.

## International career

She made her ODI debut on 13 December 2006 at the age of 15 against India during the [2006 Women's Asia Cup](/source/2006_Women's_Asia_Cup) and she made an impressive start to her ODI career scoring 43 runs off 76 balls while opening the batting.[12] She made her WT20I debut on 29 May 2009 against [Ireland](/source/Ireland_women's_cricket_team) during the [2009 RSA T20 Cup](/source/2009_RSA_T20_Cup).[13]

She was part of the Pakistan squad at the [2009 Women's Cricket World Cup](/source/2009_Women's_Cricket_World_Cup) in [Australia](/source/Australia). She was part of the team that won a gold medal against [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh_women's_national_cricket_team) at the [2010 Asian Games](/source/Cricket_at_the_2010_Asian_Games_%E2%80%93_Women) in [China](/source/China).[14] She was named [vice-captain](/source/Captain_(cricket)#Vice-captain) of the Pakistan squad[15] that won a second successive gold medal against Bangladesh at the [2014 Asian Games](/source/Cricket_at_the_2014_Asian_Games_%E2%80%93_Women) in [South Korea](/source/South_Korea).[16] In 2016, she was named as the captain of the Pakistan women T20I side.[17]

She was ruled out of the [2017 Women's Cricket World Cup](/source/2017_Women's_Cricket_World_Cup) due to a hand injury and was replaced in the squad by [Iram Javed](/source/Iram_Javed).[18] She later replaced [Sana Mir](/source/Sana_Mir) as the captain of the Pakistan team with the latter being removed after the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup tournament where Pakistan lost all their matches.[19] On 11 October 2017, Bismah was selected as captain of the Pakistan women's cricket team ahead of the [New Zealand series](/source/New_Zealand_women's_cricket_team_against_Pakistan_in_the_UAE_in_2017%E2%80%9318) in the UAE.[20] In the series, Pakistan won their first ever ODI against the [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_women's_cricket_team) in the third match.[21]

In March 2018, under her captaincy Pakistan clean swept [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka_women's_cricket_team) 3-0 in the ODI series on the [Sri Lanka tour](/source/Pakistan_women's_cricket_team_in_Sri_Lanka_in_2017%E2%80%9318).[22][23] This was only the second time that Pakistan team won an ODI series 3-0.[21] In the T20 series, Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka 2-1.[24][25]

She was the leading run-scorer for Pakistan in the [2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup](/source/2018_Women's_Twenty20_Asia_Cup), with 143 runs in five matches.[26]

In October 2018, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the [2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20](/source/2018_ICC_Women's_World_Twenty20) tournament in the West Indies but opted to stay aside from captaincy which made room for Javeria Khan to lead the side.[27][28] Prior to the 2018 ICC WT20 campaign, she underwent an eye surgery for a sinus problem and it raised doubts over her cricketing future.[29] In January 2019, she returned as skipper of the side for the [home WODI and WT20I series against the West Indies](/source/West_Indies_women's_cricket_team_in_Pakistan_in_2021%E2%80%9322).[30] In October 2019, she was named as the captain of the Women's Global Development Squad, ahead of a five-match series in Australia.[31]

In January 2020, she was named as the captain of Pakistan's squad for the [2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup](/source/2020_ICC_Women's_T20_World_Cup) in Australia.[32] However, on 28 February 2020, in the match against [England](/source/England_women's_cricket_team), she broke her right thumb.[33] She was ruled out of the rest of the tournament, with [Nahida Khan](/source/Nahida_Khan) named as her replacement and [Javeria Khan](/source/Javeria_Khan) captaining the side in her absence.[34]

In December 2020, she was shortlisted as one of the Women's Cricketer of the Year for the 2020 PCB Awards.[35] In April 2021, Maroof announced that she was taking an indefinite break from cricket "as motherhood beckons".[36][37] She became the first Pakistani cricketer to be a beneficiary of the Pakistan Cricket Board's maternity policy for the players which allows benefits for expecting mothers and fathers.[38][39][40] After giving birth to a baby girl in August 2021, in December Maroof announced that she was returning to availability for Pakistan ahead of the [2022 World Cup](/source/2022_Women's_Cricket_World_Cup).[4][41][42]

In January 2022, she was named as the captain of Pakistan's team for the [2022 Women's Cricket World Cup](/source/2022_Women's_Cricket_World_Cup) in New Zealand.[43][44] In May 2022, she was named as the captain of Pakistan's team for the [cricket tournament](/source/Cricket_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games) at the [2022 Commonwealth Games](/source/2022_Commonwealth_Games) in [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham), England.[45]

After an impressive T20 series against Sri Lanka where she had a strike rate of 85.52 with the bat, Maroof was nominated for the May 2022 [ICC](/source/International_Cricket_Council) Women’s Player of the Month Award alongside teammate [Tuba Hassan](/source/Tuba_Hassan) and [Jersey](/source/Jersey_women's_cricket_team) player [Trinity Smith](/source/Trinity_Smith).[46]

She stepped down as all-format captain in March 2023, and was succeeded by [Nida Dar](/source/Nida_Dar).[47][48][49] On 25 April 2024, she announced her retirement from international cricket.[50][51][52]

## Awards and honours

In 2023, Bismah was awarded with [Tamgha-e-Imtiaz](/source/Tamgha-e-Imtiaz) in honour of her remarkable services to Pakistan Women Cricket Team.

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## External links

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- [Bismah Maroof](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/135/135320/135320.html) at [CricketArchive](/source/CricketArchive) (subscription required)

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Pakistan squads v t e Pakistan squad – 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup 5 Sana Mir 7 Urooj Mumtaz (c) 12 Sajjida Shah 13 Bismah Maroof 17 Almas Akram 18 Nain Abidi 20 Asmavia Iqbal 22 Sukhan Faiz 33 Sania Khan 50 Javeria Khan 77 Naila Nazir Armaan Khan Batool Fatima Nahida Khan Qanita Jalil Coach: Mansoor Rana v t e Pakistan squad – 2009 Women's World Twenty20 1 Sana Mir (c) 2 Almas Akram 3 Armaan Khan 4 Asmavia Iqbal 5 Batool Fatima (wk) 6 Bismah Maroof 7 Javeria Khan 8 Marina Iqbal 9 Naila Nazir 10 Nain Abidi 11 Nazia Sadiq 12 Qanita Jalil 13 Sajjida Shah 14 Urooj Mumtaz v t e Pakistan squad – 2010 Women's World Twenty20 1 Sana Mir (c) 2 Nain Abidi 3 Armaan Khan 4 Asmavia Iqbal 5 Batool Fatima (wk) 6 Bismah Maroof 7 Javeria Khan 8 Nida Dar 9 Qanita Jalil 10 Rabiya Shah 11 Sadia Yousuf 12 Sajjida Shah 13 Sania Khan 14 Urooj Mumtaz v t e Pakistan squad – 2012 Women's World Twenty20 1 Sana Mir (c) 2 Nain Abidi 3 Asmavia Iqbal 4 Batool Fatima (wk) 5 Bismah Maroof 6 Elizebath Khan 7 Javeria Khan 8 Javeria Rauf 9 Marina Iqbal 10 Nahida Khan 11 Nida Dar 12 Qanita Jalil 13 Sadia Yousuf 14 Sumaiya Siddiqi v t e Pakistan squad – 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup 1 Asmavia Iqbal 2 Sana Mir (c) 3 Diana Baig 4 Bismah Maroof 5 Elizebath Khan 6 Javeria Khan 7 Nahida Khan 8 Nain Abidi 9 Nida Dar 10 Qanita Jalil 11 Rabiya Shah 12 Sadia Yousuf 13 Sidra Ameen 14 Sumaiya Siddiqi 15 Batool Fatima v t e Pakistan squad – 2014 Women's World Twenty20 1 Sana Mir (c) 2 Bismah Maroof 3 Asmavia Iqbal 4 Batool Fatima (wk) 5 Javeria Khan 6 Marina Iqbal 7 Nahida Khan 8 Nain Abidi 9 Nida Dar 10 Qanita Jalil 11 Sadia Yousuf 12 Sania Khan 13 Sidra Ameen 14 Sumaiya Siddiqi v t e Pakistan squad – 2016 Women's World Twenty20 5 Sana Mir (c) 18 Nain Abidi 12 Muneeba Ali 31 Sidra Ameen 46 Anam Amin 33 Sania Khan 8 Nida Dar 20 Asmavia Iqbal 88 Sadia Yousuf 16 Iram Javed 7 Javeria Khan 10 Nahida Khan 3 Bismah Maroof 22 Sidra Nawaz (wk) 37 Aliya Riaz v t e Pakistan squad – 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup 1 Sana Mir (c) 2 Ayesha Zafar 3 Nahida Khan 4 Marina Iqbal 5 Bismah Maroof 6 Javeria Khan 7 Nain Abidi 8 Sidra Nawaz (wk) 9 Kainat Imtiaz 10 Asmavia Iqbal 11 Diana Baig 12 Waheeda Akhtar 13 Nashra Sandhu 14 Ghulam Fatima 15 Sadia Yousuf v t e Pakistan squad – 2018 Women's World Twenty20 1 Javeria Khan (c) 2 Muneeba Ali 3 Anam Amin 4 Aiman Anwer 5 Diana Baig 6 Nida Dar 7 Nahida Khan 8 Bismah Maroof 9 Sana Mir 10 Sidra Nawaz (wk) 11 Natalia Pervaiz 12 Aliya Riaz 13 Nashra Sandhu 14 Omaima Sohail 15 Ayesha Zafar v t e Pakistan squad – 2020 Women's T20 World Cup 1 Bismah Maroof (c) 2 Javeria Khan (vc) 3 Muneeba Ali 4 Anam Amin 5 Aiman Anwer 6 Diana Baig 7 Nida Dar 8 Sadia Iqbal 9 Iram Javed 10 Nahida Khan 11 Ayesha Naseem 12 Sidra Nawaz (wk) 13 Aliya Riaz 14 Fatima Sana 15 Syeda Aroob Shah 16 Omaima Sohail v t e Pakistan squad – 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup 1 Bismah Maroof (c) 2 Nida Dar 3 Muneeba Ali (wk) 4 Sidra Ameen 5 Anam Amin 6 Aiman Anwer 7 Diana Baig 8 Ghulam Fatima 9 Javeria Khan 10 Nahida Khan 11 Sidra Nawaz (wk) 12 Aliya Riaz 13 Fatima Sana 14 Nashra Sandhu 15 Omaima Sohail v t e Pakistan squad – 2023 Women's T20 World Cup Bismah Maroof (c) Muneeba Ali (wk) Sidra Ameen Aiman Anwer Nida Dar Tuba Hassan Sadia Iqbal Javeria Khan Ayesha Naseem Sidra Nawaz (wk) Aliya Riaz Fatima Sana Nashra Sandhu Sadaf Shamas Omaima Sohail Coach: Coles

v t e Batters with 3,000 or more runs in Women's ODI cricket Australia Belinda Clark (4,844) Karen Rolton (4,814) Meg Lanning (4,602) Ellyse Perry (4,581) Alyssa Healy (3,777) Alex Blackwell (3,492) Beth Mooney (3,275) England Charlotte Edwards (5,992) Tammy Beaumont (4,738) Heather Knight (4,372) Nat Sciver-Brunt (4,354) Claire Taylor (4,101) Sarah Taylor (4,056) India Mithali Raj (7,805) Smriti Mandhana (5,411) Harmanpreet Kaur (4,541) New Zealand Suzie Bates (5,982) Amy Satterthwaite (4,639) Sophie Devine (4,279) Debbie Hockley (4,064) Pakistan Bismah Maroof (3,369) South Africa Laura Wolvaardt (5,695) Mignon du Preez (3,760) Marizanne Kapp (3,511) Lizelle Lee (3,315) Suné Luus (3,141) Sri Lanka Chamari Athapaththu (4,154) West Indies Stafanie Taylor (6,132) Deandra Dottin (3,864) Hayley Matthews (3,301) Current players are listed in italics. Updated: 17 May 2026

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