The PCB has announced a 26-man squad for the women's white-ball tour of the West Indies, from which the line-up for Pakistan's senior women's team and A team will be selected. Veteran batsman Javeria Khan will continue to lead the senior team, while spinner Rameen Shamim and wicketkeeper-batsman Sidra Nawaz will captain the A team for ODIs and T20Is respectively.
The senior team will play three T20 Internationals and five ODIs against West Indies and the shadow side West Indies A will play three ODIs and three T20Is. The PCB said that all 26 players will be available for selection in all 14 matches. The tour will run from June 30 to July 18. All matches will be played at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua.
National Women's Cricket Chairperson Urooj Mumtaz said, "The Caribbean tour provides an unprecedented opportunity for our core group of cricketers to showcase their performances and further cement places for the 2021-22 season, which is expected to be exciting for women's cricket." promises." said the selection committee. "These 26 players have been involved in all of our high-performance camps over the past nine months and worked hard under the national coaching staff led by David Hemp. The group has prepared with high intensity and purpose."
Mumtaz said that limited-overs games for the A side will be an opportunity for the second line of players to "claim to the national side as exceptional performances will be rewarded by the players to the senior side". "I hope there will be quality cricket on display as we aim to further improve our world position and continue to strive to be the top contender on the world stage," he added.
The 26-man squad had a 25-day preparatory camp in Multan from May 29, before moving to Karachi in June, as part of the team's preparation for upcoming assignments, including a 50-over World Cup qualifier in Sri Lanka in December. 9 When the temperature in Multan increased.
The PCB said in a statement that 26 players and support staff arrived in Lahore on Monday morning and would conduct a Kovid-19 test before departure in the afternoon. The touring party will leave for Antigua via London in the early hours of 23 June, and will then undergo two tests over five days, and then serve a four-day quarantine (room isolation) before resuming training.
Pakistan women have been out of action since their canceled tour of Zimbabwe in February, where they won the first ODI before the rest of the series was cancelled. Earlier, the team toured South Africa where they lost the ODI series 3-0 and won the third and final T20I to deny the hosts another series sweep.
Pakistan Women's Team: Javeria Khan, Rameen Shamim, Sidra Nawaz, Alia Riaz, Aiman Anwar, Anam Amin, Ayesha Naseem, Ayesha Zafar, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Iram Javed, Javeria Rauf, Kainat Imtiaz, Kainat Hafeez, Meham Tariq , Muniba Ali Siddiqui (wk), Nahida Khan, Najiha Alvi (wk), Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvez, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Saba Nazir, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Syeda Arub Shah.