| Full Name | Muneeba Ali Siddiqui |
| Age | 28 |
| Date of Birth | 8 August 1997 |
| Birthplace | Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Batting Style | Left Handed Bat |
| Playing Role | Wicketkeeper Batter |
| ICC T20I Ranking | No.37 Batting (June 2026) |
| T20I Debut | 16 March 2016 — vs West Indies, Chennai |
| ODI Debut | 20 March 2018 — vs Sri Lanka, Dambulla |
| T20I Best | 102 off 68 balls vs Ireland, Cape Town (2023) |
| ODI Best | 107 vs Sri Lanka |
| Last T20I | 14 June 2026 — vs India, Birmingham (T20 WC) |
| Format | M | Inn | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20I | 83 | 81 | 1,513 | 102 | 20.45 | 97.87 | 2 | 2 | 178 | 10 |
| ODI | 63 | 61 | 1,399 | 107 | 24.54 | 62.71 | 1 | 5 | 169 | 4 |
M: Matches Inn: Innings HS: Highest Score Avg: Average SR: Strike Rate
| Format | M | Catches | Stumpings |
|---|---|---|---|
| T20I | 83 | 24 | 19 |
| ODI | 63 | 25 | 5 |
43 dismissals in T20Is (24 catches and 19 stumpings) and 30 in ODIs (25 catches and 5 stumpings) across her international career.
Source: ESPNCricinfo · Updated June 2026
Muneeba Ali is Pakistan women’s most important wicketkeeper batter and one of the most historically significant players in the country’s women’s cricket story. She was born on 8 August 1997 in Karachi.
She is a left-handed opening batter who keeps wicket with the kind of efficiency that makes her genuinely irreplaceable in Pakistan’s playing XI. What she achieved on 15 February 2023 in Cape Town placed her name permanently in the record books not just for Pakistan but for women’s cricket worldwide.
She made her T20I debut against West Indies in Chennai on 16 March 2016 at just 18 years old, part of the squad for the ICC Women’s World T20 in India. Her ODI debut came two years later against Sri Lanka in Dambulla in March 2018.
She spent the years between those two debuts building her game in domestic cricket, scoring prolifically for State Bank of Pakistan, ZTBL Women and Karachi in the national women’s circuit. She was shortlisted for the PCB Women’s Cricketer of the Year award in December 2020 after a strong domestic season.
The defining moment of her career came on 15 February 2023 at Newlands, Cape Town. Facing Ireland in Pakistan’s second match of the 2023 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, she walked out to open and produced an innings that changed how Pakistan cricket was discussed in global media.
She scored 102 off 68 balls, becoming the first Pakistani cricketer male or female to score a century at any T20 World Cup and only the sixth batter in history to score a century at the Women’s T20 World Cup. The knock announced her as a world-class performer and she won the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award for February 2023 on the back of that innings.
She won the award again in September 2025 following another strong run of performances as Pakistan prepared for the World Cup qualifying campaign.
By 2026 she is in her fifth T20 World Cup, having featured in the 2016, 2018, 2020, 2023 and 2024 editions before this one. She was also part of Pakistan’s squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. She played her last T20I to date against India in Birmingham on 14 June 2026 at Edgbaston in Pakistan’s opening group fixture of the Women’s T20 World Cup, where she opened the batting alongside Gull Feroza.
The ICC describe her as an experienced wicketkeeper batter who is expected to handle the task of getting Pakistan’s top order going through the tournament.
At 28, she is in the prime years of a career that has already made history. She averages 24.54 in ODIs and 20.45 in T20Is with two international centuries, a body of work that does not fully capture her value to the Pakistan women’s team.
Her glovework, her experience of big tournaments and her ability to produce special innings under pressure make her one of the first names on Pakistan’s team sheet in any format.
Muneeba became the first Pakistani cricketer male or female to score a century at a T20 World Cup when she scored 102 off 68 balls against Ireland at Newlands, Cape Town on 15 February 2023. She was only the sixth batter in history to score a century at the Women’s T20 World Cup. She won the ICC Women’s Player of the Month award for February 2023 following that innings.
Muneeba has scored two T20I centuries and one ODI century in international cricket. Her T20I centuries are 102 against Ireland at the 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup in Cape Town and a second century scored subsequently. Her ODI century is 107 against Sri Lanka. She has scored five ODI half-centuries and two T20I half-centuries in addition to her centuries.
As of June 2026, Muneeba is ranked 37th in ICC Women’s T20I batting. She is Pakistan’s highest-ranked T20I batter after captain Fatima Sana who is ranked 24th. Muneeba is part of Pakistan’s squad for the Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 in England and Wales where she is expected to open the batting alongside Gull Feroza.
As of June 2026, Muneeba has not publicly confirmed any marriage and no verified information about a husband is available from official or credible sources. She has kept her personal life private throughout her cricket career and has not discussed her marital status in any interviews or public appearances.
She has featured in six Women’s T20 World Cup editions, in 2016, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024 and 2026. This makes her one of Pakistan’s most experienced T20 World Cup players of all time. Her best individual tournament performance came at the 2023 edition in South Africa where her century against Ireland became a landmark moment in Pakistan women’s cricket history.
Muneeba Ali’s highest T20I score is 102 against Ireland at the 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup in Cape Town. Her highest ODI score is 107 against Sri Lanka. In T20I cricket she has scored 1,513 runs in 83 matches and in ODIs she has scored 1,399 runs in 63 matches, making her one of Pakistan women’s most prolific run-scorers across both formats.
