'Never give up': Nida Dar believes women cricketers' performance improving everyday.

KARACHI -- Pakistan women cricket team's all-rounder Nida Dar feels the 'never give up' strategy is behind the squad's performance - which according to her is getting better with every passing game.

Talking to media from Durban, the 34-year-old flamboyant cricketer said that players are confident and are in high spirits to do well in international cricket.

Dar scored an unbeaten 59 in the first ODI against South Africa on Wednesday and added 60 runs for the 9th wicket with Diana Baig. Although the Pakistan team fell three runs short, the resilience showed by the girls received everyone's praise.

The all-rounder feels that it was because the team never wanted to give up. 'We had one thing in mind: Not to lose the match and give our best to stay in-game,' she said.

'We are confident of bouncing back in next games, our confidence level and fighting spirits are high, and we'll try to win our remaining fixtures,' Dar said.

The all-rounder said that the team was learning ways to improve under the newly appointed head coach David Hemp. According to Dar, Hemp has given each player a game plan and it is helping them improve their game.

'He is a very experienced coach and has worked with female cricketers for long,' she noted about the new coach.

'David Hemp has worked to improve our confidence level and...