The national women’s cricket team will tour South Africa

The Pakistan Women’s Cricket Team will tour South Africa next month in which they will play three ODIs and three T20 International matches.

The tour has been finalized after lengthy negotiations between the PCB and Cricket South Africa. The series between the women’s cricket teams of the two countries will continue from January 20 to February 3. The series will begin and end in Durban, with the first ODI to be played there on January 20, while the third and final T20I will be played on February 3. Both these matches will be played under electric floodlights.

The second one-day international match of the series will also be played in Durban, for which both teams will compete on January 23. The third ODI and the first two T20I matches will be played in Pietermaritzburg on January 26, 29 and 31 respectively.

The Women’s Cricket Selection Committee has called 27 women players for the tour of South Africa to the Hanif Muhammad High Performance Center Karachi, where the training camp will begin from December 20.

Meanwhile, all women cricketers and sports staff participating in the camp will stay in a bio-secure environment. This bio-secure environment will also be in line with PCB’s Covid-19 protocols. Before entering the bio-secure environment, each member of the squad will undergo a corona test, if the test report is negative, he will be allowed to enter the camp. As soon as they report to the camp, their second corona test will also be taken.

Probable players (18-member final squad to be announced on December 31) Probable players include Ayman Anwar, Alia Riaz, Anam Amin, Ayesha Naseem, Ayesha Zafar, Basma Maruf, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana Khan, Aram Javed, Jawaria Khan, Jawaria Rauf, Kainat Imtiaz, Kainat Hafeez, Mahim Tariq, Muniba Ali, Naheeda Khan, Najia Alvi, Nashera Sindhu, Natalia Parvez, Nadda Dar, Umima Sohail, Ramin Shamim, Saba Nazir, Sadia Iqbal, Sudra Amin, Sudra Nawaz and Syeda Aroob. Shah is involved.

The tour to South Africa will be the first assignment of national women’s cricket team head coach David Hamp and bowling coach Arshad Khan, both coaches who joined the Pakistan women’s cricket team in October and November respectively. .

The national women’s cricket team had previously toured South Africa in May 2019. The one-day international series between the two countries was drawn 1-1 while the hosts won the T20 series after a thrilling encounter. -3 lead.

Chief Selector of National Women’s Cricket Team Urooj Mumtaz says that during the outbreak of Covid-19, we want to invest more in women’s cricket so that women’s cricket can be promoted in the country. She said that she is grateful to South Africa Cricket that they have agreed to play a full series with us despite qualifying for the ICC Women’s World Cup 2022.

Arooj Mumtaz said that despite the Covid-19, due to the focus of women players on the game, PCB organized various domestic tournaments, but there is no substitute for international cricket.