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Pakistan's First Women Cricketers

Pakistan's First Women Cricketers

The two Karachi women who blazed a trail for women's cricket.

Sporting Witness · BBC World Service

December 6, 20149m 8s

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Show Notes

Shaiza Khan and Kiran Baluch are two cricketers who pioneered the women's game in Pakistan - despite opposition and death threats from Islamist extremists. They went on to set world records in their sport and to become two of the first female members of the MCC.

PHOTO: Kiran Baluch (personal collection).