In National Women T20 Tournament Each match’s player receives PKR20,000, the tournament’s player gets PKR50,000. The winning team earns PKR1 million, finalists get PKR0.5 million. View the schedule, watch live-streamed matches at Shoaib Akhtar Stadium on PCB’s YouTube channel.
Lahore, 12 January 2024: The National Women T20 Tournament featuring six regional teams. They set to kick off on Monday, 15 January. Across three venues in Islamabad and Rawalpindi.
Participating teams include Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, and Rawalpindi. Over 17 days, each team will play 10 matches, leading to the final on 31 January; the venue will be announced later.
Matches will be held at Rawalpindi’s Ayub Park Ground, Islamabad’s Diamond Cricket Ground, and Shoaib Akhtar Stadium. The latter’s matches streamed on PCB’s YouTube channel.
Tosses at 10:30 AM PKT, matches start at 11:00 AM PKT.
The National Women T20 Tournament offers players a chance to secure a spot in the national team. In given Pakistan Women’s busy international schedule. They’re slated for eight T20Is, ACC Women’s T20 Asia Cup, and ICC Women’s T20 World Cup this year.
The winning team receives PKR 1 million, runners-up get PKR 0.5 million. The player of The National Women T20 Tournament gets PKR 50,000. While player of the match in each game earns PKR 20,000. Outstanding performers (best batter, bowler, and wicket-keeper) receive PKR 25,000 each.
PCB has finalized six squads. Each comprising 16 players, selected by the national women’s selection committee led by former Test cricketer Saleem Jaffar.
Squads:
Karachi Region:
Fatima Sana(C)
Aimen Anwar
Aroob Shah
Hurraina Sajjad
Javeria Khan
Eyman Fatima
Maham Manzoor
Maham Tariq,
Masooma Jaffri,
Muneeba Ali
Najiha Alvi
Omaima Sohail
Rameen Shamim
Yusra Amir
Zunaira Shah
Team Management: Tahir Khan (Head Coach). Jaweria Rauf (Assistant Coach), Sehar Syed (Physio), Taimoor Mehmood (Strength and Conditioning Coach), Shagufta Kazmi (Manager)
Lahore Region: Nida Dar (Captain) Ayesha Zafar, Amber Kainaat, Areesha Noor, Bismah Maroof, Fatima Khan, Fatima Shahid, Ghulam Fatima, Iram Javed, Kainat Hafeez, Nashra Sundhu, Noreen Yaqoob, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz and Zunash Abdul Sattar
Team management: Mohsin Kamal (Head Coach). Tahir Mehmood (Assistant Coach), Iraj Athar (Physio), Asfand Yar Khan (Strength and Conditioning Coach) and Hina Azam (Manager)
Multan Region: Umm-e-Hani (Captain), Aisha Bilal, Aleena Masood, Amber Maria, Asma Shareef, Gul-e-Uswa, Gul Feroza, Gul Rukh, Noor Ul Eman, Rehmat Noreen, Saiqa Riaz, Samina Aftab, Shahmeer Rajput, Tasmia Rubab, Wajeeha Muneer and Warda Yousaf
Team Management: Kamran Hussain (Head Coach), Maria Gulnaz (Assistant Coach), Laila Niaz Khan (Physio), Pervaiz Nabi (Strength and Conditioning Coach) and Najma Zafar (Manager)
Peshawar Region: Aleena Shah (Captain), Anaya Khan, Ayesha Afridi, Fatima Zeb, Javeria Qamar, Mahnoor Hayat, Mahnoor Qayum, Momina Riyasat, Nayab Ishaq, Rahyma Syed, Salwa Raheem, Seema Gul, Sehar Gull, Shabnam Hayat, Sumbal Bibi and Tehzeeb Shah
Team Management: Hajra Sarwar (Head Coach), Rehmat Gul (Assistant Coach), Rummana Zubair (Physio), Fazal Wahab (Strength and Conditioning Coach) and Haseena Khushboo (Manager)
Quetta Region: Saima Malik (Captain), Anum Amin, Ayesha Asim, Dua Majid, Faiza, Fareeha Mehmood, Humaira Ghulam, Jannat Rashid, Khadija Chishti, Khair-u-Nisa, Khizra Liaqat, Lubaba Sarwar, Nida, Subhana Tariq, Tuba Hassan and Zamar Shafee
Team Management: Aqil Baloch (Head Coach), Nahida Bibi (Assistant Coach), Mahnoor Sajjad (Physio), Mujahid Shah (Strength and Conditioning Coach) and Hajira Baloch (Manager)
Rawalpindi Region: Aliya Riaz (Captain), Aima Saleem Satti, Areeja Haseeb, Fajar Naveed, Farzana Farooq, Fatima Syed, Fatima Zehra Shah, Humna Bilal, Kainat Gulalai, Lubna Behram, Natalia Parvaiz, Noor Fatima, Sania Rasheed, Tania Saeed, Waheeda Akhtar and Zainab Arif Jutt
Team Management: Jawad Hamid (Head Coach), Waqar Orakzai (Assistant Coach), Tehreem Sumbal (Physio), Farrukh Hayat (Strength and Conditioning Coach) and Saira Iftikhar (Manager)
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