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Episode 4: Women’s Cricket, Cricket Commentary, and Online Pakistani Fan Culture w/ Hijab Zahid and Alvina Ahmed (Women’s World Cup, Bismah Maroof, &…
Episode 4: Women’s Cricket, Cricket Commentary, and Online Pakistani Fan Culture w/ Hijab Zahid and Alvina Ahmed (Women’s World Cup, Bismah Maroof, &…
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52 minutes
Released:
Mar 26, 2022
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Podcast episode
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I’m really pleased to be joined by Hijab Zahid and Alvina Ahmed to talk about: women's cricket in Pakistan, Bismah Maroof, the Women's World Cup in New Zealand, Cricket commentary, and online Pakistani cricket fan culture.
Hijab is an aspiring cricket commentator, who was the runner-up in the Voice of Pakistan, an initiative to find new commentary talent in the country (https://twitter.com/hijaaaaab). Alvina is a Pakistani cricket fan and writes for Khiladi Sports, an online platform for sports analysis (https://twitter.com/alvinaahmeds).
For a brilliant article on the history of Women's Cricket in Pakistan, see this by Kamila Shamsie:
https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1202296/the-story-of-pakistan-women-s-cricket-from-the-khan-sisters-to-sana-mir
For an excellent blog on Women's Cricket in Pakistan today, see this by Eman: https://doublewicketmaiden.substack.com/p/on-womens-cricket-in-pakistan-part?s=r
I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures
You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod
You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast
Hijab is an aspiring cricket commentator, who was the runner-up in the Voice of Pakistan, an initiative to find new commentary talent in the country (https://twitter.com/hijaaaaab). Alvina is a Pakistani cricket fan and writes for Khiladi Sports, an online platform for sports analysis (https://twitter.com/alvinaahmeds).
For a brilliant article on the history of Women's Cricket in Pakistan, see this by Kamila Shamsie:
https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/1202296/the-story-of-pakistan-women-s-cricket-from-the-khan-sisters-to-sana-mir
For an excellent blog on Women's Cricket in Pakistan today, see this by Eman: https://doublewicketmaiden.substack.com/p/on-womens-cricket-in-pakistan-part?s=r
I also want to say thank you to DeKobe for letting me use his music: https://dekobe.bandcamp.com/album/space-adventures
You can donate to my patreon page if you would like to help me in continuing to do these podcasts: https://www.patreon.com/pakcricketpod
You can follow me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/PakCricPodcast
Released:
Mar 26, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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