Nain Abidi

Female players who chose to have children effectively had to give up their playing careers. That is changing, but there's still a long way to go

The batsman had taken a break from cricket after the Women's World Cup in July last year and had missed all international cricket since

Pakistan needed 16 runs in 21 balls when their last wicket fell, consigning them to two entire World-Cup campaigns without a single victory

Pakistan women's top batsmen Bismah Maroof, Nain Abidi and Javeria Khan talk friendship, records, and social media addictions

Amy Satterthwaite's 117-ball 137* helped New Zealand women post their sixth-highest ODI score and beat Pakistan women by 60 runs in a rain-curtailed match

Suzie Bates made a 46-ball 64 and put on 100 quick runs for the first wicket with Sam Curtis (55*) as New Zealand women beat Pakistan women by eight wickets in the first ODI

Pakistan Women secured an unbeatable 2-0 lead in the three ODI series against Sri Lanka Women, defending a total of 138 runs for a 12-run victory in the second match in Sharjah

As Pakistan look to defend their title in Incheon, we look at two bowlers and two batsmen who could be crucial to their campaign

A quick half-century from the opener Nain Abidi, followed by a four-wicket haul from the seamer Asmavia Iqbal, helped Pakistan Women ease to a 34-run win against Bangladesh Women in Cox's Bazar

South Africa opener Lizelle Lee hit her maiden Twenty20 half-century to set the foundation of a strong win against Ireland in the PCB Qatar Women's 20-over Tri-series in Doha

Pakistan claimed their first victory over England in any form of the women's game with a nerve-jangling one-run win in the second T20

A round-up of matches from the Twenty20 leg of the ICC Women's Cricket Challenge

A round-up of the action from the ICC Women's Cricket Challenge where West Indies, South Africa and Pakistan all recorded victories

A round-up of the first set of warm-up matches for the ICC women's World Twenty20 in St Kitts

The Pakistan board has been served with a notice by the Lahore High Court over what is claimed to be its discriminatory attitude against the Pakistan Women's Cricket Control Association

Sana Mir has replaced Urooj Mumtaz as captain of the Pakistan women's team for the World Twenty20 in England in June

England sealed their place on top of Group B after Laura Marsh's heroics with the ball led them to an eight-wicket thrashing of Pakistan

Javeria Khan, the offspinner, took a career-best 3 for 20 to help Pakistan Women skittle out Bangladesh women for 109, and win the tri-series opener comprehensively by seven wickets