PCB announces women’s ODI and T20I squads for series against WI

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday announced Pakistan women’s cricket team squad for One Day Internationals AND Twenty20 International (T20I) series against West Indies.

The three ODIs, which are part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25, are scheduled to be played between 18 and 23 April, while the five T20Is will take place from 26 April to 3 May. All eight matches are set to be played at the National Bank Stadium in Karachi.

In the ODI series, wicketkeeper-batter Sidra Nawaz, who last featured for the Pakistan women’s team in the ODI series against South Africa in Karachi in September 2023, has been recalled.

For the T20Is, four players—Ayesha Zafar, Gull Feroza, Rameen Shamim, and Tuba Hassan—have been recalled. Ayesha last played for Pakistan in the T20I format against South Africa in 2021, Gull Feroza’s last T20I match was against Sri Lanka in 2022, while Rameen’s last T20I match was against South Africa in 2019. Tuba, who made her ODI debut against Australia in 2023, last appeared in the T20I format against England in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in 2023.

Ayesha, Gull Feroza, and Rameen, who are part of the T20I squad, will participate in the National Women’s One-Day Tournament commencing in Faisalabad from 17 April. They will rejoin the national team squad before the T20I series begins.

Following the conclusion of the ODI series, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Nawaz, and Waheeda Akhtar will move to Faisalabad to participate in the domestic one-day tournament.

Leg-spinner Ghulam Fatima, who was part of the 20-player camp in Karachi, has been rested to fully recover from minor injuries sustained in a car accident last week. Bismah Maroof, who was also involved in the same accident, will undergo a fitness test next week before a decision on her selection is made.

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