Pakistan skipper joins elite list as West Indies claim thriller
Experienced spinner Nida Dar became just the second player from Pakistan's women's team to collect 100 ODI wickets as the Asian side fell to the West Indies in a thrilling contest in Karachi on Sunday.
Experienced spinner Nida Dar became just the second player from Pakistan's women's team to collect 100 ODI wickets as the Asian side fell to the West Indies in a thrilling contest in Karachi on Sunday.
Dar picked up the superb figures of 4/52 in the clash to take her tally in women's ODIs to 103 wickets, as the West Indies successfully chased down Pakistan's score of 223 courtesy of a Karishma Ramharack boundary from the final ball of the match.
It allowed the West Indies to open up a 2-0 lead in the three-match ODI series and also helps the Caribbean side pick up a valuable two points in the ICC Women’s Championship (IWC) race.
It looked like the West Indies were going to cruise to victory when Stafanie Taylor (73) and Shemaine Campbelle (52) were at the crease, but wickets slowly started to fall and Dar chimed in with three quick scalps of her own to leave the visitors requiring six runs for victory from the final over.
Fatima Sana (1/49) picked up the wicket of Afy Fletcher from the penultimate delivery from the match, before Ramharack held her nerve to dispatch the final delivery to the boundary to guide the West Indies home.
Taylor was awarded the Player of the Match award for her impressive half-century and it was Dar that stood out with the ball as she joined former teammate Sana Mir (151) as one of only 27 players to have collected more than 100 wickets in women's ODIs.
Nida Dar took a four-wicket haul, including two in the penultimate over to nearly pull off a heist for Pakistan in the second ODI 🌟
— ICC (@ICC) April 21, 2024
She also became just the second 🇵🇰 player to take 100 wickets in women's ODIs! 🙌#PAKvWI Scorecard: https://t.co/hP3A9lAZHU pic.twitter.com/mGeOM9t3SU
The third and final match of the ODI series is held in Karachi on Tuesday, with the teams then to play a five-game T20I series at the same venue ahead of this year's ICC Women's T20 World Cup.