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Pakistan women’s squad reaches England for white-ball series

Pakistan women’s cricket team touched down at Heathrow Airport, London on Sunday via Dubai to play white-ball series against England.

The national team departed from Karachi earlier today for the series, featuring three T20Is and three ODIs.

Pakistan’s women’s team and management were welcomed by Dr. Muhammad Faisal, the High Commissioner of Pakistan in England.

The squad will leave for Leicester shortly to play a warm-up match against ECB Development XI on 9 May. The first T20I will be played on 11 May in Birmingham.

Notably, the ODIs in the series are part of ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 and this will be Pakistan’s eighth and final series in the current event cycle.

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Pakistan are currently sitting in fifth position with 16 points in the 10-team ICC Women Championship 2022-25 standings.

The top five teams from this championship, along with hosts India, will directly qualify for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025.

Pakistan women squad for England tour

Nida Dar (captain), Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Zafar, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali (wk), Najiha Alvi (wk), Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Tuba Hassan, Umm-e-Hani and Waheeda Akhtar

Player support personnel: Nahida Khan (manager), Mauhtashim Rasheed (interim head coach), Saleem Jaffar (bowling coach), Taufeeq Umar (batting coach), Hanif Malik (fielding coach), Syed Nazir Ahmed (media manager), Rabia Siddiq (physiotherapist), Zubair Ahmed (analyst) and Hina Munawar (chief security officer)

Tour Schedule

9 May – T20 warm-up game v ECB Development XI, Uptonsteel County Ground (11.00 am local time)

11 May – 1st T20I, Birmingham (2.30 pm local time)

17 May – 2nd T20I, Northampton (6.30 pm local time)

19 May – 3rd T20I, Leeds (1.00 pm local time)

21 May – One-Day warm-up game v ECB Development XI, Northampton (11.00 am local time)

23 May – 1st ODI, Derby (1.00 pm local time) (ICC Women’s Championship)

26 May – 2nd ODI, Taunton (11.00 am local time) (ICC Women’s Championship)

29 May – 3rd ODI, Chelmsford (1.00 pm local time) (ICC Women’s Championship)

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Australia crush South Africa in one-off women’s Test

PERTH: Australia thumped South Africa by an innings and 284 runs Saturday in the first-ever women’s Test between the two countries, which saw records tumble at Perth’s WACA Ground.

Having beaten Australia for the first time in ODIs and T20s during their tour, South Africa were hoping to go out on a high with a momentous Test win.

But they were rocked by star player Marizanne Kapp being ruled out ill before the match started and Australia emphatically showed who was boss.

“I’m very proud. It’s been an amazing series,” said Australia skipper Alyssa Healy.

“The white ball series was really hard fought at times and we were really tested but the way we continued to bounce back right throughout was really impressive.

“To come here to the WACA and finish like we did really caps off the Aussie summer for us, which is cool.”

It was only South Africa’s second Test match in a decade and captain Laura Wolvaardt admitted it had been a learning experience.

“All credit to Australia, we were pretty much outplayed in all facets of the game,” she said. “But a great experience for us and we enjoyed the opportunity.

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“I personally would love to,” she added of wanting to play more red-ball cricket. “It was a huge challenge, but I think the girls really enjoyed themselves out there.”

South Africa were bundled out for just 76 in 31.2 overs on a searing hot opening day after Healy won the toss and sent them into bat — South Africa’s lowest Test score.

Speedster Darcie Brown took 5-21 and allrounder Annabel Sutherland 3-19.

In reply, the hosts racked up a massive 575-9 before declaring with the highest total by a women’s Test side.

The ominous score was spearheaded by an imperious 210 from 22-year-old Sutherland — the fourth biggest women’s score in Test cricket and at 248 balls the fastest double century.

South Africa put up stiffer resistance in their second innings with Delmi Tucker and Chloe Tryon both hitting 64, before the tail folded and they were out for 215 on day three.

Brown took 2-47 to claim seven for the game while player-of-the-match Sutherland picked up another two.

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PCB to conduct nationwide trials for women cricketers from Wednesday

The Pakistan Cricket Board, as part of its continuous effort to unearth women cricketers at the grassroots level, will hold nationwide women’s cricket trials, across eight cricket academies from 23 to 31 August. These trials will provide an exceptional platform for talented female cricketers from various age categories to showcase their skills and progress to the higher levels of the game.

The trials will be conducted by the National Selection Committee, which comprises of chairperson and former Test cricketer Saleem Jaffar, former international cricketers Asmavia Iqbal and Marina Iqbal. The trials will be conducted for three age groups: U19, in which players who are born on or after 1 September 2004 are eligible; emerging and seniors categories.

The trials will help the selectors identify talent and select squads for Pakistan emerging and Pakistan U19 teams. Pakistan’s emerging side will compete against West Indies emerging team at home in October this year, while Pakistan U19 will feature in a triangular event involving Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in Bangladesh in January 2024.

Head of Women’s Cricket Tania Mallick: “We have recently awarded first-ever domestic contracts to 74 women cricketers, setting the tone for a brighter future in women’s cricket. With the nationwide trials, we are eagerly poised to bring in a new wave of talented individuals forward.

“We have a great and exciting amount of women’s cricket events ahead, and these trials will help us identify splendid talent that the selectors can consider for the national teams’ squads.”

The following is the schedule of trials in eight academies.

Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre, Karachi – 23 August
Inzamam-ul-Haq High Performance Centre, Multan – 23 August
Women Sports Stadium, Bahawalpur – 24 August
Kinnard College for Women, Lahore – 24 August
Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi/Islamabad – 28 August
Qayyum Stadium, Peshawar – 29 August
Abbottabad Stadium, Abbottabad – 30 August
Bugti Stadium, Quetta – 31 August

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ICC reveals hosts for Women’s Global Events till 2027

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has unveiled the host nations for the upcoming four women’s global events from 2024-27, India, England, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka included.

Following the annual conference of the cricket governing body, the ICC has revealed the hosts for their Future Tour Programme (FTP).

As a result, Bangladesh will host the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup for the second time in 2024, while England will host the tournament for the first time since 2009 in 2026.

India, on the other hand, has been awarded the hosting rights of the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025. Whereas, Sri Lanka was chosen host of the ICC Women’s T20 Champions Trophy 2027, subject to their qualification for the event.

A Board sub-committee of the ICC, led by Martin Snedden and comprised of Ricky Skerritt, Clare Connor, Martin Snedden, and the chairman of the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) Sourav Ganguly conducted a competitive bidding process to choose the hosts.

“The hosts were selected via a competitive bidding process overseen by a Board sub-committee chaired by Martin Snedden,” the ICC stated.

“The ICC Board accepted the recommendations of the committee who conducted a thorough review of each bid along with ICC management,” the statement added.

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