The five-team National Women’s One-Day Cup is set to commence on Friday, 14 November in Faisalabad.
The tournament will be played in a double-league format, with each team facing each other twice, culminating in the top two teams squaring off in the final.
The 21-match event will be live-streamed, with Stars entering the field as the defending champions, having defeated Conquerors by five wickets in the final of the previous season’s One-Day Tournament.
The other three teams are Challengers, Invincibles, and Strikers.
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The 20-member squads of the teams will train at the Iqbal Stadium and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) High Performance Center Ground before being trimmed to 15 members.
A total of PKR 3.55 million has been announced, with the winner and runner-up pocketing PKR 1.5 million and PKR 1 million, respectively. The Player of the match in each game will get PKR 25,000, while the player of the tournament will take away PKR 200,000.
All matches will be played at the Iqbal Stadium and PCB High-Performance Centre Ground, except for one fixture between Challengers and Strikers on 22 November, which will be held at the Jawad Club Cricket Ground.
Squads:
Conquerors: Fatima Sana (captain), Aleena Masood, Amber Kainat, Aqsa Bibi, Ayesha Bilal, Eisha Naeem, Esha Rahupoto, Farzana Farooq (wicketkeeper), Gull Feroza, Iram Javed, Lubna Behram, Maheen Irfan, Maham Anees, Muqadas Bukhari, Sabiha Noor, Saima Malik, Saira Jabeen, Sidra Nawaz (wicketkeeper), Umm-e-Hani, and Zunash Abdul Sattar.
Strikers: Nashra Sundhu (captain), Aliya Riaz, Aliza Sabir, Amna Bibi, Areesha Noor, Ghulam Fatima, Humna Bilal, Javeria Siddique, Laiba Fatima, Laiba Nasir, Mahnoor Aftab, Najiha Alvi (wicketkeeper), Noreen Yaqoob, Rabia Rani, Rehmat Noreen, Saiqa Riaz, Samina Aftab, Sania Rasheed (wicketkeeper), Shawaal Zulfiqar, and Zaib-un-Nisa Niaz.
Challengers: Rameen Shamim (captain), Aleena Shah, Ayesha Zafar, Eyman Fatima, Fatima Shahid, Haleema Dua, Huraina Sajjad, Jannat Rasheed, Maham Manzoor, Memoona Tipu, Neha Sharmin Nadeem, Quratulain, Ramama Nazir, Sadaf Shamas, Sana Talib, Tania Saeed, Tayyaba Imdad, Waheeda Akhtar, Wasifa Hussain (wicketkeeper), and Yusra Amir (wicketkeeper).
Invincibles: Muneeba Ali (captain, wicketkeeper), Ayesha Rehman, Bakhtawar Asad, Dua Majid, Fatima Khan, Hafsa Khalid, Khadija Chishti, Laiba Mansoor, Minhail Javaid, Momina Riasat, Nayab (wicketkeeper), Natalia Parvaiz, Neelam Mushtaq, Rida Aslam, Saba Sher, Samiya Afsar, Sana Urooj, Subica Shahzadi, Tasmia Rubab, and Tuba Hassan.
Stars: Omaima Sohail (captain), Anam Amin, Anosha Nasir, Arijah Haseeb, Diana Baig, Fatima Zahra, Gull Rukh, Haniah Ahmer, Kaynat Hafeez, Manahil Rafiq, Noor-ul-Iman, Seema Gul, Shabnam Hayat (wicketkeeper), Sidra Amin, Soha Fatima (wicketkeeper), Syeda Aroob Shah, Syeda Masooma, Syeda Taskyn Fatima, Warda Yousaf, and Yusra Ehtesham
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