Stories
Pakistani Cricketer Kainat Imtiaz Retires to Become Match Referee
N
News18•05-10-2026, 17:48
Pakistani Cricketer Kainat Imtiaz Retires to Become Match Referee
- •Pakistan women's cricket team fast bowler Kainat Imtiaz has announced her retirement after a 13-year international career.
- •The 34-year-old played 19 ODIs and 21 T20Is for Pakistan, taking a total of 18 international wickets.
- •Kainat is following in the footsteps of her mother, Salima Imtiaz, and is starting a new innings as a match referee.
- •She was part of the Pakistan squads that won gold medals at the Asian Games in 2010 and 2014.
- •Her mother, Salima Imtiaz, made history by becoming Pakistan's first female umpire to join the ICC International Development Panel.
Key Questions Answered
Following her retirement, Kainat Imtiaz is starting a new career as a match referee, following in the footsteps of her mother.
During her career, Kainat was part of the Pakistani teams that won gold medals at the Asian Games in China in 2010 and South Korea in 2014, and she also played in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup and the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Salima Imtiaz made history by becoming Pakistan's first female umpire to be included in the ICC's International Development Panel in 2024, as well as the first Pakistani woman to umpire in an ICC Women's T20 World Cup.
