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Pakistan’s greatest female cricketers will compete in the Pakistan Cup Women’s Cricket Tournament 2022-23 beginning on Friday, May 19, in Karachi. The competition has been intended to provide these cricketers with as many opportunities as possible, and will be played in two iterations: the first will have four teams playing T20 matches on a round-robin system, and the second will feature three teams playing one-day matches on a double round-robin format, with the final on June 4th.
Under the banner of Strikers, the first phase of the event will see probables for the ACC Women’s Emerging Teams Asia Cup, which will be held in Hong Kong in June, demonstrate their talents, talent, and gain the necessary match practice in tough conditions. Fatima Sana, Pakistan’s star fast bowler, will lead the team.
The other three teams are the Blasters, led by Muneeba Ali, Pakistan’s sole T20I century batter, the Challengers, led by left-arm orthodox Sadia Iqbal, and the Dynamites, led by right-handed top-order batter Sidra Amin.
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These six T20 matches will be played at Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre Oval Ground and State Bank Ground from May 19 to 21.
Blasters, Challengers, and Dynamites will compete in the 50-over competition beginning on May 23. The three teams will play each other twice before the final at the State Bank Ground, which will be live streamed on the PCB YouTube account.
In accordance with its philosophy of rewarding high performers, the winning team will receive PKR 1 million, while the runners-up will receive PKR500,000. The winner of the match award will receive PKR 20,000, and the champion of the tournament will receive PKR50,000.
Squads for the Pakistan Cup Women’s Cricket Tournament
Blasters: Muneeba Ali (captain), Aleena Shah, Anam Amin, Asma Amin, Ayesha Bilal, Ayesha Javed, Ayesha Zafar, Diana Baig, Fajar Naveed, Iram Javed, Kainat Imtiaz, Saba Nazir, Saiqa Riaz, Zaib-un-Nisa and Zunera Shah
Support staff: Mauhtashim Rashid (head coach), Nahida Bibi (assistant coach), Qurat ul Ain Kazmi (manager) and Areesha Anwar (physiotherapist)
Challengers: Sadia Iqbal (captain), Aima Saleem, Amber Kainat, Areesha Noor, Fareeha Mehmood, Fatima Zehra, Huraina Sajjad, Javeria Khan, Javeria Rauf, Kaynat Hafeez, Maham Tariq, Masooma Zehra, Noreen Yaqoob, Saima Malik and Warda Yousaf
Support staff: Taufeeq Umar (head coach), Hajra Sarwar (assistant coach), Shagufta Kazim (manager) and Bisma Ahmed (Physiotherapist)
Dynamites: Sidra Amin (captain), Aliya Riaz, Bismah Maroof, Fatima Shahid, Ghulam Fatima, Humna Bilal, Khadija Chishti, Laiba Nasir, Maham Manzoor, Nashra Sundhu, Omaima Sohail, Rameen Shamim, Sidra Nawaz, Waheeda Akhtar and Yusra Amir
Support staff: Waseem Yousafi (head coach), Rehmat Gull (assistant coach), Saira Iftikhar (manager) and Ammara Fatima (physiotherapist)
Strikers: Fatima Sana (captain), Anoosha Nasir, Dua Majid, Eyman Fatima, Fatima Khan, Gull Feroza, Gulrukh, Lubna Behram, Najiha Alvi, Natalia Parvaiz, Sadaf Shamas, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Syeda Aroob Shah, Tuba Hassan and Umm-e-Hani
Support staff: Mohsin Kamal (head coach), Muhammad Kamran (assistant coach), Aisha Jalil (manager) and Rabia Siddiq (physiotherapist)
Tournament schedule (matches to start at 9am):
First phase (T20 format)
19 May – Dynamites vs Blasters, State Bank Ground
Challengers vs Strikers, Oval Academy Ground.
20 May –Dynamites vs Challengers, State Bank Ground
Blasters vs Strikers, Oval Academy Ground.
21 May –Dynamites vs Strikers, State Bank Ground
Blasters vs Challengers, Oval Academy Ground.
Second phase (50-over format)
23 May – Blasters vs Dynamites, State Bank Ground
25 May –Blasters vs Challengers, State Bank Ground
27 May –Dynamites vs Challengers, State Bank Ground
29 May – Dynamites vs Blasters, State Bank Ground
31 May – Challengers vs Blasters, State Bank Ground
2 June – Challengers vs Dynamites, State Bank Ground
4 June – Final, State Bank Ground
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