Following the smashing play by Muneeba Ali against Ireland as the Pakistani batter scored the first century (102 runs) of the Women’s T20 World Cup in Newlands, Cape Town on Wednesday, Pakistani cricket fans are heaping praises on the young cricketer.
The slightly-built Muneeba had not previously scored a half-century in 44 T20 internationals although she made a one-day international hundred against the same opponents in Lahore last November.
However, her recent performance — termed “clinical” by Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof — has given the country full of cricket fans all the more reason to be jubilant, taking the Pakistan Super League (PSL)-induced cricket fever to a new pitch altogether.