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Pakistan's First Women Cricketers

Sporting Witness

The two Karachi women who blazed a trail for women's cricket and set world records on the way.

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 of the MCC.

PHOTO: Kiran Baluch (personal collection).

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Sun 7 Dec 2014 04:50GMT

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