Left-handed opener, Muneeba Ali, hit the first century of the Women’s T20 World Cup and the first ever by a Pakistani woman when she made 102 against Ireland at Newlands in Cape Town on Wednesday

Left-handed opener Muneeba Ali hit the first century of the Women’s T20 World Cup and the first ever by a Pakistani woman when she made 102 against Ireland at Newlands in Cape Town on Wednesday.

The bespectacled left-handed opening batter spurred Pakistan to a total of 165 for five after they were sent into bat.

The slightly-built Muneeba had not previously scored a half-century in 44 T20 internationals although she had scored a one-day international hundred against the same opponents in Lahore last November.

Muneeba and veteran Nida Dar (33) shared a third-wicket partnership of 101.