{"id":34243,"date":"2024-04-25T13:32:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T08:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=34243"},"modified":"2024-04-25T14:32:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T09:32:23","slug":"bismah-maroof-announces-retirement-from-international-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/bismah-maroof-announces-retirement-from-international-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"Bismah Maroof announces retirement from international cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Former Pakistan women&#8217;s team captain Bismah Maroof announced her retirement from international cricket <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">with immediate effect<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0on Thursday, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Taking on X, PCB wrote, &#8220;Bisma Maroof calls time on her illustrious career after representing Pakistan in 276 international matches and scoring 6,262 runs. Thank you for your services to Pakistan cricket!&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In a statement posted on X, Former captain Bismah Maroof bid farewell to her incredible journey of representing Pakistan on the international stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/rizwan-irfan-niazi-ruled-out-of-t20i-series-against-new-zealand\/\">Rizwan, Irfan Niazi ruled out of T20I series against New Zealand<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;For 17 years, cricket has been not just a sport but a passion, a dream fulfilled, and a journey of growth beyond measure. With a mixture of emotions, I bid farewell to the incredible journey of representing Pakistan on the international stage,&#8221; she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maroof_bismah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@maroof_bismah<\/a> calls time on her illustrious career after representing Pakistan in 2\ufe0f\u20e37\ufe0f\u20e36\ufe0f\u20e3 international matches and scoring 6\ufe0f\u20e3,2\ufe0f\u20e36\ufe0f\u20e32\ufe0f\u20e3 runs.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your services for Pakistan cricket! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TUsmeDLU4W\">pic.twitter.com\/TUsmeDLU4W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pakistan Cricket (@TheRealPCB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRealPCB\/status\/1783407881972322427?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Maroof extended the deepest gratitude to the Pakistan Cricket Board, captains, coaches, teammates, support staff, friends, family, and her husband.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;And most importantly, my wonderful Baba and Ammi: Your guidance, encouragement, and support have been the pillars of my success,&#8221; she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Furthermore, she wrote &#8220;To the fans, whose unwavering passion fueled our spirits, thank you for rooting for us. I am available for League Cricket assignments. Wherever I go, I will continue to make my nation proud. With heartfelt gratitude and fond memories.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAHORE: Former Pakistan women&#8217;s team captain Bismah Maroof announced her retirement from international cricket with immediate effect\u00a0on Thursday, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed.\u00a0 Taking on X, PCB wrote, &#8220;Bisma Maroof calls time on her illustrious career after representing Pakistan in 276 international matches and scoring 6,262 runs. Thank you for your services to Pakistan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":34253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14587,15746,15749,15747,15748],"class_list":["post-34243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-bismah-maroof","tag-bismah-maroof-announces-retirement","tag-bismah-maroof-retires","tag-bismah-maroof-with-kid","tag-pakistan-captain-bismah-maroof"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}