Pakistan women’s cricket team all-rounder Javeria Khan was injured yesterday as she tried to pull away a bouncer during a World T20 match against West Indies.
Javeria Khan was struck below her ear in the first over off a bouncer from Shamilia Connell. She was immediately stretchered off the field and taken to a nearby hospital.
Javeria underwent a CT scan and is understood to be now conscious. “We have heard from the medical staff that she’s stable and out of danger,” a team official said, adding the player will be kept under observation for another 24 hours at a hospital in Chennai.
Javeria was trying to pull the ball but misjudged, and it hit her between the jaw and neck.
Pakistan was dealt a serious blow early in their innings against West Indies due to Javeria’s injury. After a tough fight, West Indies defended the 104-run target and restricted Pakistan to 99-5. Sidra Ameen and Bismah Maroof steadied the innings with a patient 40-run stand, but three quick blows from Mohammed swung the contest decisively West Indies way. First, Mohammed removed Ameed in the ninth over before dismissing Aliya Riyaz and Maroof in the 11th. It left Pakistan needing 60 off the last 56 balls, but the momentum was in West Indies’ hands.
