ISLAMABAD – All-rounder Nida Dar is the first female cricketer fromPakistan to play in an international league, having signed with the SydneyThunder in the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL).
“This is the biggest league in the world and top-level cricket over here,[so] it is such an honour to represent Pakistan and I am here to improvemore,” Dar said.
Pakistan has only had a women’s international team since 1997.
When Dar was growing up in the 1990s, religion prohibited women fromplaying sport in publiclink,prompting court cases and even death threats throughout the nation.
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Pakistan has come a long way since then, with players like Dar continuingto push the boundary.
“Being a woman to come to Australia for the very first time, of coursepeople will learn from me back home in Pakistan, so that’s a big thing forme,” Dar said.
