Pakistan women's fast bowler Kainat Imtiaz has retired from international cricket after a 13-year career spanning 19 One-Day Internationals and 21 T20 Internationals. The right-arm pacer has transitioned into officiating, working as a match referee during the Pakistan Cricket Board National Women's U19 T20 Tournament in August and September.
Kainat debuted in T20Is against South Africa in Potchefstroom in October 2010 as cap number 22, and later earned her ODI cap number 64 against Ireland in Fatullah, Bangladesh. She played in four matches at the 2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup and won gold medals with Pakistan squads at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games.
Her career also included selection for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, with her final ODI against Australia in Brisbane in January 2023 and her last T20I against Thailand in Sylhet in October 2022. She began her cricket journey in February 2007 with the Karachi Schools U17 team before making her domestic List A and T20 debuts in 2008.
Kainat belongs to a prominent cricket officiating family, as her mother Saleema Imtiaz became Pakistan's first woman umpire on the ICC International Development Panel in 2024. Saleema has since officiated in nine Women's ODIs and 69 Women's T20 Internationals, extending her family's legacy in the sport.