This is the 3rd time Pakistan have qualified for the Women's World Cup after previous experiences in 1997, 2009 and we will see them take the field in 2013 as well. Sana Mir, Bismah Maroof and Nida Dar are amongst the well-recognised names in the Pakistan side to look out for.
ICC WWC will be held in February in India. This will be the 10th edition of the championship. England were winners during the previous edition in Australia vs. New Zealand in the final 2009 and therefore Charlotte Edwards and side enter this World Cup as defending champions of the title. Australia is the most successful side in the WWC with 5 of the 9 titles belonging to them, England are in second place with 3 titles and New Zealand have won it once before. The above 3 teams are the major sides and the strongest as well. West Indies were winners of the qualification tournament in 2011 which was held in Bangladesh and have made great progress in the women's game in recent years, which includes some of their players getting awards at ICC annual award ceremonies. Australia recently won the Women's ICC World T20 for a 2nd successive time under coach Stuart Law. England were runners up in a close fought final with West Indies and New Zealand ending their journeys as semi-finalists.
Pakistan finished in 6th position in the ICC Women's World T20, memorably beating their Indian counterparts on 1st of October, a day after the men side were defeated by 8 wickets in the super eight fixture in Colombo. Sana Mir's side also ended as runners up of the T20 Asia Cup in the same month in China during an 8 eight team competition. In late 2010, Pakistan's Women side achieved their biggest feat to date when they were crowned champions of the Asian Games in China. The above evidence is suggestive of Pakistan's women’s side doing well in Twenty20 matches, but 50 over cricket is a harder challenge. This is the 3rd time Pakistan have qualified for the Women's World Cup after previous experiences in 1997, 2009 and we will see them take the field in 2013 as well. Sana Mir, Bismah Maroof and Nida Dar are amongst the well-recognised names in the Pakistan side to look out for.
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