WPL 2023: "Extremely Unfortunate To See Pakistan Players Missing Out On WPL" - Urooj Mumtaz

Urooj Mumtaz, a former Pakistan captain, and commentator are upset that Pakistani women won’t be included in the WPL auction.

At the first Women’s Premier League auction on Monday, players from seven different nations received contracts, which might revolutionize women’s cricket.

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But one nation will miss out on this opportunity: Pakistan’s cricketers were never in the race to join the league because they were completely absent from the auction list. There was an acknowledgement of Pakistan’s cricketers’ lack of access to similar opportunities as players like Ashleigh Gardner, Beth Mooney, and Nat Sciver-Brunt reflected on and celebrated a day that changed their lives.

“It is extremely unfortunate to see Pakistan players missing out,” Urooj Mumtaz, Every opportunity must be fair and inclusive, and all opportunities are steps towards collectively raising the standard of the women’s game and globally growing the sport. Most importantly, they bridge the gap in quality between cricketing nations” Former Pakistan captain and commentator Urooj Mumtaz told ESPNcricinfo.

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Urooj Mumtaz became the first Pakistani woman commentator:

Urooj Mumtaz participated in both the Asia XI cricket team and the Pakistan national women’s cricket team as an all-rounder. She took part in 39 ODIs, nine Twenty20 games, and one Test match. On May 10, 2010, she took part in the series against the women of New Zealand. Urooj Mumtaz participated in the 2009 ICC Women’s World Cup while serving as the team captain. In 2010, she retired from all forms of cricket.

She was a member of the selection committee that chose the Pakistan women’s team for their tour of South Africa in April 2019. She called the first men’s ODI cricket match in Pakistan as a female commentator in October 2020. It happened during the opening ODI between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Rawalpindi.

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