Urooj Mumtaz

A batting lesson from New Zealand

A batting lesson from New Zealand

We always knew that the World Cup was going to be a learning experience and if we needed a lesson in how to deliver one of the best batting performances of all time then we saw it on Thursday with Suzie Bates and Haidee Tiffen’s amazing 262-run

25-Feb-2013•Urooj Mumtaz

We keep exceeding expectations

We keep exceeding expectations

The West Indies have done extremely well at this tournament so far, so to record a win over them was an extremely good effort and it was an excellent all-round display from the whole team

25-Feb-2013•Urooj Mumtaz

We have been waiting for years to beat Sri Lanka

We have been waiting for years to beat Sri Lanka

I promised to the people of Pakistan ahead of today’s game against Sri Lanka that we would bounce back and I don’t think anybody could have expected a better performance than the one we put in today

25-Feb-2013•Urooj Mumtaz

A disappointing start to the World Cup

A disappointing start to the World Cup

It was a terribly disappointing day for us against India and not the start that we dreamed off when we headed to the ground this morning

25-Feb-2013•Urooj Mumtaz

Playing my first World Cup

Playing my first World Cup

It is great to be in Sydney and fantastic to have the support of my parents with me, who have both flown out from Karachi for the tournament

25-Feb-2013•Urooj Mumtaz

A very mixed 2008

A very mixed 2008

From the highs of qualifying for the ICC Women's World Cup and ICC World Twenty20, it has been frustrating not to continue that success

25-Feb-2013•Urooj Mumtaz

Who will be No. 1?

Who will be No. 1?

I am sure there will plenty of competition amongst players from different teams to improve their own ranking and I am sure it will occasionally get mentioned in the dressing room as well, but I think a bit of good-natured rivalry will be beneficial

25-Feb-2013•Urooj Mumtaz

Twenty20 - ladies style

Twenty20 - ladies style

The tournament has given us a good idea of who the best Twenty20 players are in the country and I am sure that will influence the thinking of the selectors when they meet to decide who will be in our training camp squads ahead of the series against

25-Feb-2013•Urooj Mumtaz

Tough Twenty20 draw, and a new coach

Tough Twenty20 draw, and a new coach

Judging by some of the comments on the blog, plenty of people think I have some work to do on my game, so they will be pleased to know I now have my own coach to really help me develop my batting

25-Feb-2013•Urooj Mumtaz

An overseas player job application

An overseas player job application

If anybody knows somebody looking for an international skipper, good batsman, lively fielder and spin bowler for their club team in England let me know

25-Feb-2013•Urooj Mumtaz

Room for improvement

Room for improvement

Four matches, four defeats is not exactly how I imagined our Asia Cup campaign would begin

25-Feb-2013•Urooj Mumtaz

Interviews, practice and the IPL

Interviews, practice and the IPL

Hopefully events like that, along with the Women’s Asia Cup and the ICC Women’s World Cup, will help to continue build the women's profile and attract more sponsorship to the sport as this is something that is needed to grow the game

25-Feb-2013•Urooj Mumtaz

The World Cup beckons

The World Cup beckons

I may have had to give up the stumps, but I am so proud of the fact that nobody will ever be able to take away from me the fact I have led my country to qualification to the Women’s World Cup

25-Feb-2013•Urooj Mumtaz

A good beginning

A good beginning

They are really great girls, who are trying their very best at the event, and it is a massive thing for them to even be playing here considering many of them only took up the game in the last couple of years

25-Feb-2013•Urooj Mumtaz

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