Fastest Century For Pakistan In Women ODIs: In their last ODI match against Zimbabwe at the National Stadium, the Pakistan women’s national cricket team had an outstanding performance, winning against the Zimbabwe women’s national cricket team by 9 wickets.
The win completed Pakistan’s sweep of the season, bringing them to second in the ICC Women’s Championship 2025-29 with 8 points from 6 matches played.
Gul Feroza once again provided a huge highlight with her knock in that match setting another record for the Fastest Century ever scored by a Pakistani Woman in Women’s ODIs.
PAK vs ZIM: Zimbabwe Women Post 222 Runs
Muneeba Ali, the temporary captain for Pakistan, chose to bat second after winning the toss. The Zimbabwe Women team was able to score 222/9 in their 50-over innings because of:
Bizzie Biza – 73 runs in 88 deliveries
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Kelis Ndhlovu – 51 runs in 72 deliveries
Although there were a few good partnerships, Zimbabwe failed to maintain their pace against Pakistan’s bowling.
Pakistan Bowlers Dominate in PAK vs ZIM ODI
The Pakistani bowlers were once again impressive with their controlled bowling in all three sessions of play.
Tasmia Rubab Stars for Pakistan in Bowling
Tasmia Rubab starred in the bowling department with her three wickets that contributed to keeping Zimbabwe in check in the middle session of play.
Ayesha Zafar’s Economical Spell
In six overs, Ayesha Zafar only allowed 13 runs and took two wickets. Her economy rate was one of the lowest in the match and was critical to Zimbabwe’s inability to gain any momentum to put together a high score.
Fastest Century For Pakistan in Women ODIs: Gull Feroza Creates History Again
The pursuit became an imbalanced game as the pair of Zaman and Sadaf were entirely successful against Zimbabwe’s bowling line. They contributed to an extraordinary 220-run opening stand. Which resulted in:
Second highest partnership for Pakistan Women in the WODIs
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Third successive partnership of over 150 runs in the ODI series
Highest cumulative partnership record for an opening combination in a bilateral women’s ODI series
Top 8 Fastest Century For Pakistan in Women ODIs
Gull Feroza – 83 balls vs Zimbabwe in Karachi
Gull Feroza – 93 balls vs Zimbabwe in Karachi
Sidra Ameen – 97 balls vs South Africa in Lahore
Sidra Ameen – 102 balls vs Ireland in Lahore
Muneeba Ali – 108 balls vs Ireland in Lahore
Sadaf Shamas – 110 balls vs Zimbabwe in Karachi
Sidra Ameen – 113 balls vs New Zealand in Queenstown
Javeria Khan – 116 balls vs Sri Lanka in Sharjah
Gull Feroza Breaks Her Own Record
Feroza Gull holds the record for the fastest century by a woman cricketer from Pakistan in an ODI. She scored 100 runs off of just 83 balls which was three days earlier to the day that she had set the record with 100 runs against Zimbabwe.
Gull Feroza’s Match Figures:
- 106* runs
- 83-ball century
- Unbeaten innings
- 256 runs in the series
- Average of 128 across three matches
She demolished all bowling plans of Zimbabwe by playing fearlessly and aggressively.
Sadaf Shamas Fails to Maintain Consecutive Century Streak
As much as Gull Feroza made the news, Sadaf Shamas too gave another impressive performance. She scored 90 runs before getting out in the 32nd over of the innings, falling just short of scoring 100 runs in back-to-back innings.
Her calm style of batting and the excellent selection of shots were a perfect contrast to the aggressive nature of Feroza’s play at the opposite end.
Pakistan Women Complete Record Chase in PAK vs ZIM
The target was reached by Pakistan in only 31.5 overs, resulting in an impressive score of 225 with an average of 7.07 runs scored each over in the winning effort.
This is now the record for the fastest scoring rate for any women’s team to have successfully chased down a 200+ score in ODIs.
PAK vs ZIM Final ODI Brief Scores
Zimbabwe Women – 222/9 (50 overs)
Beloved Biza – 73
Kelis Ndhlovu – 51
Tasmia Rubab – 3/49
Ayesha Zafar – 2/13
Pakistan Women – 225/1 (31.5 overs)
Gull Feroza – 106*
Sadaf Shamas – 90
Pakistan Women won by 9 wickets
Key Takeaways From PAK vs ZIM ODI Series
The PAK vs ZIM series demonstrated the prowess of Pakistan Women in all facets of the game – particularly by how well their explosive opening combination performed.
Key Highlights
- Pakistan earned a 3-0 sweep of the ODI Series
- Gull Feroza set the record for the Fastest Century in Women’s ODI Cricket for Pakistan
- Pakistan moved up to 2nd place on the ICC Women’s Championships table
- The opening combination made a series record of 571 runs over the three matches
- Pakistan managed to score 223 at an all-time highest run rate.
With such talented players as Gull Feroza and Sadaf Shamas in peak condition, Pakistan Women are definitely gearing up for their next international fixtures.
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