Sajjida Bibi Shah (born 25 June 1988) is a Pakistani former

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who played as an

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, batting right-handed and

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right-arm

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. She appeared in two

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, 60

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and eight

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for

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

between 2000 and 2010. She played domestic cricket for

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Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

and

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Playing career

Sajjida Shah made her debut for Pakistan in a One-Day International against

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on 23 July 2000 when aged just twelve. She played four ODIs on that tour,List of Women's ODIs played by Sajjida Shah
at CricketArchive and also played her first Test match,
at Cricket Archive in what is Ireland's only women's Test to date. In 2001, she played seven ODIs against the

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Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former ...

and in 2002 played six ODIs against

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

, before what is perhaps the finest moment of her career to date happened in 2003. At the 2003 IWCC Trophy in the

, she played in all five of Pakistan's matches. In the opening match against Japan, she tore through the Japanese batting line-up, taking seven wickets for just four runs. This was the best bowling performance in the tournament and remains the best innings bowling performance in the history of women's ODI cricket. She took twelve wickets overall and was the tournament's top wicket-taker. She is also the youngest Woman cricketer to take a five wicket haul in Women's ODI history(at the age of 15 years and 168 days) The following year, the

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toured Pakistan and Shah played in seven ODIs and a Test match against them. The Test is her (and Pakistan's)List of women's Test matches played by Pakistan
at Cricket Archive last Test match to date. Since then, she has played in two

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tournaments and five ODIs against

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shah, Sajjida 1988 births Living people People from Hyderabad, Sindh Pakistani women cricketers Pakistan women Test cricketers Pakistan women One Day International cricketers Pakistan women Twenty20 International cricketers Hyderabad (Pakistan) women cricketers Baluchistan women cricketers Sindh women cricketers Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited women cricketers