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Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (Urdu: منیبہ علی صدیقی; born 8 August 1997) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays as a wicket-keeper and left-handed batter. She currently plays for Pakistan, and has played domestic cricket for Balochistan, Omar Associates, Karachi, State Bank of Pakistan, and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited.

Career

She was part of the Pakistan squad at the 2016 ICC Women's World Twenty20, making her WT20I debut in the competition. She made her Women's One Day International (WODI) debut for Pakistan against Sri Lanka on 20 March 2018.

In October 2018, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies. In January 2020, she was named in Pakistan's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. In December 2020, she was shortlisted as one of the Women's Cricketer of the Year for the 2020 PCB Awards.

In October 2021, she was named in Pakistan's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe. In January 2022, she was named in Pakistan's team for the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup in New Zealand. In May 2022, she was named in Pakistan's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

On 15 February 2023, Ali became the first Pakistani woman to score a WT20I century when she scored 102 off 68 balls against Ireland in Pakistan's second match of the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in South Africa. This also made her only the sixth batter to score a century at the Women's T20 World Cup.

She was named in the Pakistan squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

References

1. "Muneeba Ali | Pakistan Cricket Team | Official Cricket Profiles | PCB". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
2. "Player Profile: Muneeba Ali". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
3. "Player Profile: Muneeba Ali". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
4. "15 member Women's team announced for ICC World Twenty20 India 2016". Pakistan Cricket Board. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
5. "1st ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Dambulla, Mar 20 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
6. "Pakistan women name World T20 squad without captain". ESPN Cricinfo. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
7. "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. 10 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
8. "Pakistan squad for ICC Women's T20 World Cup announced". Pakistan Cricket Board. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
9. "Short-lists for PCB Awards 2020 announced". Pakistan Cricket Board. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
10. "West Indies to tour Pakistan for three ODIs from November 8; Javeria Khan to lead the hosts". Women's CricZone. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 21 October 2021.
11. "Bismah Maroof returns to lead Pakistan in World Cup 2022". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
12. "Women squad for Commonwealth Games announced". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
13. "Muneeba Ali smashes century as Pakistan crush Ireland at Women's T20 World Cup". Dawn. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
14. Moonda, Firdose (15 February 2023). "Muneeba Ali seizes rarest of days as first Pakistan woman to score T20I century". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
15. "Fatima Sana to lead Pakistan in ICC Women's T20 World Cup". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

External links

• Muneeba Ali at ESPNcricinfo
• Muneeba Ali at CricketArchive (subscription required)

Pakistan squads

v t e Pakistan squad – 2016 Women's World Twenty20 5 Sana Mir (c) 18 Nain Abidi 12 Muneeba Ali 31 Sidra Ameen 46 Anam Amin 33 Sania Khan 8 Nida Dar 20 Asmavia Iqbal 88 Sadia Yousuf 16 Iram Javed 7 Javeria Khan 10 Nahida Khan 3 Bismah Maroof 22 Sidra Nawaz (wk) 37 Aliya Riaz v t e Pakistan squad – 2018 Women's World Twenty20 1 Javeria Khan (c) 2 Muneeba Ali 3 Anam Amin 4 Aiman Anwer 5 Diana Baig 6 Nida Dar 7 Nahida Khan 8 Bismah Maroof 9 Sana Mir 10 Sidra Nawaz (wk) 11 Natalia Pervaiz 12 Aliya Riaz 13 Nashra Sandhu 14 Omaima Sohail 15 Ayesha Zafar v t e Pakistan squad – 2020 Women's T20 World Cup 1 Bismah Maroof (c) 2 Javeria Khan (vc) 3 Muneeba Ali 4 Anam Amin 5 Aiman Anwer 6 Diana Baig 7 Nida Dar 8 Sadia Iqbal 9 Iram Javed 10 Nahida Khan 11 Ayesha Naseem 12 Sidra Nawaz (wk) 13 Aliya Riaz 14 Fatima Sana 15 Syeda Aroob Shah 16 Omaima Sohail v t e Pakistan squad – 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup 1 Bismah Maroof (c) 2 Nida Dar 3 Muneeba Ali (wk) 4 Sidra Ameen 5 Anam Amin 6 Aiman Anwer 7 Diana Baig 8 Ghulam Fatima 9 Javeria Khan 10 Nahida Khan 11 Sidra Nawaz (wk) 12 Aliya Riaz 13 Fatima Sana 14 Nashra Sandhu 15 Omaima Sohail v t e Pakistan squad – 2023 Women's T20 World Cup Bismah Maroof (c) Muneeba Ali (wk) Sidra Ameen Aiman Anwer Nida Dar Tuba Hassan Sadia Iqbal Javeria Khan Ayesha Naseem Sidra Nawaz (wk) Aliya Riaz Fatima Sana Nashra Sandhu Sadaf Shamas Omaima Sohail Coach: Coles v t e Pakistan squad – 2024 Women's T20 World Cup 14 Fatima Sana (c) 17 Muneeba Ali (wk) 25 Najiha Alvi (wk) 31 Sidra Ameen 42 Diana Baig 8 Nida Dar 56 Gull Feroza (wk) 72 Tuba Hassan 45 Sadia Iqbal 16 Iram Javed 37 Aliya Riaz 10 Tasmia Rubab 6 Nashra Sandhu 2 Syeda Aroob Shah 18 Sadaf Shamas 11 Omaima Sohail Coach: Mohammad Wasim Najiha Alvi as standby players for the team.

• 1997 births
• Living people
• Cricketers from Karachi
• Muhajir people
• Pakistani women cricketers
• Pakistan women One Day International cricketers
• Pakistan women Twenty20 International cricketers
• Baluchistan women cricketers
• Omar Associates women cricketers
• Karachi women cricketers
• State Bank of Pakistan women cricketers
• Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited women cricketers
• Cricketers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games competitors for Pakistan
• Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games
• Asian Games competitors for Pakistan