Scotland spinner Abtaha Maqsood on Ramadan, fasting and wearing a hijab
The 21-year-old Scotland cricketer Abtaha Maqsood. It’s quite tough. It can be pretty intense at times," Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, which began on 12 April this year, involves a month of fasting and means Muslims will not eat or drink anything during daylight hours.” It’s just knowing your limits and not overdoing it because obviously Ramadan is a quite important time for us and we want to fast as much as we can, but if that means it's going to hurt us or affect our health, then we really need to think about that," Maqsood said.
Maqsood, who is set to play for Birmingham Phoenix in this summer's inaugural Hundred competition, travels to England for many of her games, and she says that makes fasting easier. Buts are a different proposition. When we have two Twenty20s in one day, I sometimes find that a wee bit too hard, so I don't fast on those days," she said. “However many fasts I miss during Ramadan I make up before next year's Ramadan."
Maqsood, who has taken 19 wickets in 14 T20 games for Scotland, says her teammates "always have questions," but they always have her best interests at heart.” They’re quite a curious bunch, and I love that," Maqsood said. "I love all the questions that they have, and they're constantly making sure that I'm OK and I've got enough food in me."
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