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- ↑ "Player Profile: Fareeha Mehmood". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ↑ "1st T20I, Pakistan Women tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Mar 28 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
