Pakistan women's great Bismah Maroof retires from international cricket
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Former Pakistan women’s captain Bismah Maroof retired from international cricket on Thursday after 276 games in an 18-year career.
“I have decided to retire from the game I love the most,” the 32-year-old Maroof said in a statement on Thursday. “It has been an incredible journey, filled with challenges, victories, and unforgettable memories.”
Maroof, an allrounder, batted left-handed and scored 6,262 runs including 33 half-centuries — three ODI scores in the 90s — and bowled right arm leg break and bagged 80 wickets.
She was 15 when she debuted for Pakistan in 2006 in a one-day international against India, and three years later played her first Twenty20 against Ireland.
Maroof took a break in 2021 to give birth to her first child and said she was grateful for a parental policy that extended her career.
“The support from the PCB has been invaluable, particularly in implementing the first ever parental policy for me, which enabled me to represent my country at the highest level while being a mother,” Maroof said.
Related articles
Who is Abi Carter? Inside the American Idol winner's unconventional family life
California-native Abi Carter was crowned the American Idol winner for season 22 on Sunday. The 21-ye2024-05-21China abolishes mortgage floor rates, cuts minimum down payment ratios to boost property market
* China on Friday announced a slew of measures to boost the property market, cutting minimum down pa2024-05-21- LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani delivered his second major league walk-off hit Sunday, a two-out si2024-05-21
Kevin Costner sheds happy tears during 10
The first true test of Kevin Costner's Horizon: An American Saga, a multi-chapter epic Western film,2024-05-21IF starring Ryan Reynolds lands at the top of a lackluster box office with less
John Krasinski's IF landed in the top spot at the box office over the weekend, collecting an estimat2024-05-21Timeline of the Assange legal saga over extradition to the US on espionage charges
LONDON (AP) — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange faces a key hearing Monday in his decade-and-a-half-l2024-05-21
atest comment