Pakistan women's national cricket team
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| Association | Pakistan Cricket Board |
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| ICC status | Full member (1952) |
| ICC region | Asia |
| Coach | Sabih Azhar |
| Captain | Sana Mir |
| First Test | |
 Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka  (Colombo; 17 April 1998) |
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| First ODI | |
Pakistan vs. New Zealand  (Christchurch; 28 January 1997) |
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| First T20I | |
Pakistan vs. Ireland  (Dublin; 25 May 2009) |
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| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1997) |
| Best result | 6th (2009) |
| World Cup Qualifier | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2003) |
| Best result | Runner-up (2008, 2011) |
| World Twenty20 | |
| Appearances | 4 (first in 2009) |
| Best result | First round (2009, 2010, 2012, 2014) |
| World Twenty20 Qualifier | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2013) |
| Best result | Champion (2013) |
| as of 25 November 2015 | |
The Pakistan women's national cricket team represents Pakistan in international women's cricket. One of eight teams competing in the ICC Women's Championship (the highest level of international women's cricket), the team is organised by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), a full member of the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Pakistan made its One Day International (ODI) debut in early 1997, against New Zealand, and later in the year played in the 1997 World Cup in India. The team's inaugural Test match came against Sri Lanka in April 1998. In its early years, Pakistan was one of the least competitive of the top-level women's teams, and after its inaugural appearance in 1997, did not qualify for another World Cup until the 2009 event in Australia. However, the team has played in all four editions of the Women's World Twenty20 to date, and also participated in the Women's Asia Cup and the Asian Games cricket tournament.
The concept of Women's cricket was first introduced in Pakistan by sisters Shaiza and Sharmeen Khan in 1996. They were subsequently met with court cases and even death threats. The government refused them permission to play India in 1997 and ruled that women were forbidden from playing sports in public due to the religious issues.
However, Pakistan first appeared in women's cricket in 1997 and playing against New Zealand and Australia. They lost all three One Day International matches on that tour, but they were still invited to take part in the Women's Cricket World Cup later that year in India. They lost all five matches in the tournament and finished last, out of the eleven teams in the competition. The following year, Pakistan toured Sri Lanka and played three One Day International matches, losing all of their matches and played in their first Test match, which they also lost.
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