Noorena Shams is one of the most popular and richest Cricketer who was born on June 18, 1997 in Timergara, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Noorena Shams (born 18 June 1997) is a Pakistani sportsperson. She has been a cyclist, a cricketer and a squash player.
Shams has been a sportsperson since 2008. She was the first ever cyclist to win a silver medal for Pakistan in the Junior Olympics. Shams has played different sports and has won 63 gold medals, 24 silver medals and 5 bronze medals. As a squash player, Shams has been among the Top 40 Asian Junior Squash Players, and is currently ranked 209 in the world. She is currently World Number 212 by the Professional Squash Association. She is coached by Munawar Zaman, Shahzad Mohibullah Khan, Adil Khan and Tariq Khan.
Shams was born on 18 June 1997 in Timergara, Lower Dir District, Pakistan. She raised the money to buy her first squash racket and shoes by selling her cartoons to the local newspaper. She lived in Lower Dir with her mother during the war, and her house was struck twice. At the age of 15, Shams disguised as a boy to play cricket, and played for a whole year on the national junior team, and then ended up in the girls’ team when her identity was revealed. She played for a short while on the cricket team before moving onto squash.
