Pakistan will face South Africa in a three-match girls’s T20I collection, ranging from Tuesday, 10 February.
That is Pakistan Girls’s first tour of South Africa for a bilateral collection since 2021.
The T20Is will probably 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 will probably be captained by Fatima Sana, whereas Laura Wolvaardt will lead the house facet. Within the build-up to the collection, Pakistan held a week-long pre-series camp in Karachi, which included observe 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 upcoming collection offers each side with a possibility to finalize 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 in opposition to Pakistan, however Pakistan had swept the collection by three nil in opposition to 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 in opposition to South Africa, scoring 321 runs at a strike charge of 122.98. Within the bowling unit, left-arm spinner Sadia Iqbal has performed six matches, claiming 10 wickets at an economic system charge of 6.66.
Fatima Sana speaking to PCB Digital forward of the T20I collection mentioned: “We have been engaged on taking part in a fearless model of cricket and we’re assured it should repay. The tracks listed below 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 effectively.”
“We have had our first observe right here and we actually like the texture of the surfaces. It is good for us to face a problem like this forward of the World Cup, and the way in which my group has responded to coaching during the last month has been unbelievable.
“South Africa are a powerful opposition and we’ll be pushing for the absolute best outcomes. We now have a really younger squad, and we’re hopeful this collection will give them beneficial 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/evening)
2nd T20I – 13 February – Willowmoore Park, Benoni (day/evening)
third T20I – 16 February – Kimberley Oval, Kimberley (day/evening)
