Nida Rashid Dar (born 2 January 1987) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as a right-handed batter and right-arm off break bowler. She is the first Pakistani cricketer to take 100 wickets in T20Is. She has played domestic cricket for Pakistan Universities, Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited, Sialkot and Sydney Thunder.[1][2]
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Full name | Nida Rashid Dar | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1987-01-02) 2 January 1987 (age 35) Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Lady Boom Boom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 57) | 6 October 2010 v Ireland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 5 June 2022 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut (cap 14) | 6 May 2010 v Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 2 October 2022 v Malaysia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2007/08–2009/10 | Pakistan Universities | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010/11–2018/19 | Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014 | Sialkot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2019/20 | Sydney Thunder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 2 October 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dar made her One Day International debut against Ireland on 6 October 2010 in Potchefstroom, South Africa.[1]
She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut on 6 May 2010 against Sri Lanka at Basseterre, St. Kitts. She was selected to play in the 2010 Asian Games in China.[3]
On 6 June 2018, during the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup match against Sri Lanka, she took her first five-wicket haul and the best bowling figures by a Pakistan woman in WT20Is.[4][5] She finished the tournament as the highest wicket-taker for Pakistan, with eleven dismissals in five matches.[6]
In October 2018, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[7][8] Following the conclusion of the tournament, she was named as the standout player in the team by the International Cricket Council (ICC).[9] In January 2020, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[10] In Pakistan's match against England, she played in her 100th WT20I match.[11]
In June 2021, Dar was named in the Pakistan's squad across all formats for their away series against the West Indies.[12] In the opening match of the T20I series, she picked up her 100th wicket by dismissing Deandra Dottin in the 10th over of the first innings, and became the first bowler, male or female to take 100 wickets in T20I cricket for Pakistan.[13] Following the match, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) congratulated her for achieving the feat.[14]
In October 2021, she was named in Pakistan's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[15] In January 2022, she was named as the vice-captain of Pakistan's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand.[16] In May 2022, she was named in Pakistan's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[17]
Dar's nickname, "Lady Boom Boom", is an allusion to her batting firepower.[18] Her father Rashid Hassan was a first-class cricketer.[19]
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