Pakistan ladies’s staff will tackle India on Sunday, and so they should study from the errors they made towards Bangladesh on October 2. PHOTO: ICC
Pakistan will face South Africa in a three-match ladies’s T20I collection, commencing from Tuesday, 10 February.
That is Pakistan Girls’s first tour of South Africa for a bilateral collection since 2021.
The T20Is might be staged on 10, 13 and 16 February, with the primary ball of all matches to be bowled at 9pm PKT.
Pakistan’s 15-member squad might be captained by Fatima Sana, whereas Laura Wolvaardt will lead the house aspect. Within the build-up to the collection, Pakistan held a week-long pre-series camp in Karachi, which included apply classes and scenario-based matches.
The squad options two uncapped gamers for Pakistan, with pacers Humna Bilal and Tasmia Rubab braced for his or her T20I debuts.
The forthcoming collection offers each side with a chance to finalise preparations for the 12-team ICC Girls’s Cricket World Cup, set to happen from 12 June to five July in England and Wales.
On face to face, in 24 T20I matches, South Africa have an higher hand towards Pakistan, however Pakistan had swept the collection by three nil towards South Africa when the 2 sides met in Karachi in 2023.
For Pakistan, within the present squad, within the batting division, Aliya Riaz has featured in 15 T20Is towards South Africa, scoring 321 runs at a strike price of 122.98. Within the bowling unit, left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal has performed six matches, claiming 10 wickets at an economic system price of 6.66.
Fatima Sana speaking to PCB Digital forward of the T20I collection mentioned: “We’ve been engaged on enjoying a fearless model of cricket and we’re assured it’s going to repay. The tracks listed here are pacey and the batters are having fun with the ball coming properly onto the bat and our quick bowlers are liking it too, as a result of there’s one thing in it for them as nicely.
“We’ve had our first apply right here and we actually like the texture of the surfaces. It’s good for us to face a problem like this forward of the World Cup, and the way in which my staff has responded to coaching during the last month has been unimaginable.
“South Africa are a robust opposition and we’ll be pushing for the very best outcomes. We now have a really younger squad, and we’re hopeful this collection will give them priceless publicity to worldwide cricket.”
15-member squad: Fatima Sana (captain), Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Zafar, Eyman Fatima, Gull Feroza (wicket- keeper), Humna Bilal, Muneeba Ali (wicket-keeper), Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Sadia Iqbal, Saira Jabeen, Sidra Amin, Tasmia Rubab, Tuba Hassan and Umm-e-Hani
Schedule
1st T20I – 10 February – JB Marks Oval, Potchefstroom (day/night time)
2nd T20I – 13 February – Willowmoore Park, Benoni (day/night time)
third T20I – 16 February – Kimberley Oval, Kimberley (day/night time)
