All-rounder Nida Dar believes that Pakistan women’s team should play more matches against top sides in order to improve their standard in world cricket.
Dar shared her thoughts, while speaking to ESPNcricinfo, ahead of the third and final ODI of the series against Australia on Saturday.
"We need more matches to minimise the gap with the best teams," Dar said. "We always wanted to play competitive [cricket] and we can only improve when we play a lot of matches against the best teams.
"Always wanted to play Australia and share the experience, learn from [them], but the thing is as a team we need more exposure and more matches against Australia. We definitely learn a lot and that's what we want."
She also wants Pakistan players to regularly participate in top T20 leagues around the world.
"Definitely it is very important for the players in Pakistan to play international leagues like Big Bash or Hundred to improve," she said. "We have potential, we have had three players of the month for ICC [last year], but we need to show the skills while playing international leagues or series against the best teams.
"It's a very important time for the girls, especially in Pakistan, so we need more international matches, more international leagues, so they can grow up earlier so we can have competitive matches and series against the best teams. This is the time that we have to go to different leagues and watch what other players are doing. If we go into the leagues, we can bring that experience back to Pakistan."
After the conclusion of the ODI series, both teams will play three T20Is in Sydney, Hobart and Canberra.