Pakistan Ladies’s workforce will play three T20Is and the identical variety of ODIs through the South Africa tour. Picture: ICC/file
The Pakistan Cricket Board has right now unveiled the ODI and T20I squads of the Pakistan Ladies’s workforce for the upcoming tour to South Africa beginning 10 February in Potchefstroom.
Quick bowling all-rounder Fatima Sana will proceed to guide the aspect in each codecs as Pakistan construct in the direction of the ICC Ladies’s T20I World Cup 2026 in June.
Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Zafar, Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali, Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Rameen Shamim, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, and Tasmia Rubab are a part of each the squads, whereas uncapped batter Saira Jabeen and right-arm quick bowler Humna Bilal have earned their maiden T20I call-ups.
Opening batters Ayesha and Gull, together with left-arm pacer Tasmia and wicketkeeper-batter Najiha Alvi have been referred to as as much as the 15-member ODI squad after lacking out on the ODI World Cup choice.
Diana Baig, Najiha, Sadaf Shamas and Syeda Aroob Shah are simply a part of the 50-over squad, whereas Humna, Saira, Tuba Hassan and Eyman Fatima are within the T20I squad solely.
In the course of the tour, mentor Wahab Riaz shall be assisted by a seasoned set of coaches together with Imran Farhat (batting coach), Umaid Asif (quick bowling coach), Abdur Rehman (spin bowling coach) and Abdul Majeed (fielding coach).
The pre-series coaching camp will start from Sunday, 1 February on the Hanif Mohammad Excessive Efficiency Centre, Karachi.
The T20Is shall be performed in Potchefstroom, Benoni and Kimberley from 10 to 16 February with all being day-night fixtures. Pakistan will heat up for the ODI collection with a 50-over sport at Kimberley adopted by the three ODIs at Bloemfontein, Centurion and Durban from 22 February to 1 March.
The second ODI will start within the afternoon and also will be performed underneath lights, whereas the warm-up, first and the third ODI shall be day video games.
Pakistan Ladies’s workforce is about to return to South Africa for a bilateral collection after January 2021, once they took half in a three-match ODI collection in Durban. In February 2023, Pakistan took half within the ICC Ladies’s T20 World Cup in South Africa and performed their matches in Cape City and Paarl.
T20I squad: Fatima Sana (captain), Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Zafar, Eyman Fatima, Gull Feroza (wicket- keeper), Humna Bilal, Muneeba Ali (wicket-keeper), Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Rameen Shamim, Sadia Iqbal, Saira Jabeen, Sidra Amin, Tasmia Rubab, and Tuba Hassan
ODI Squad: Fatima Sana (captain), Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Zafar, Diana Baig, Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali (wicket-keeper), Najiha Alvi (wicket-keeper), Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Syeda Aroob Shah and Tasmia Rubab
Participant help personnel: Wahab Riaz (mentor), Imran Farhat (batting coach), Umaid Asif (quick bowling coach), Abdur Rehman (spin bowling coach), Abdul Majeed (fielding coach), Moeen (power & conditioning coach), Waleed Ahmad (efficiency analyst), Ayesha Ashar (Workforce supervisor), Tehreem Sumbal (physiotherapist) and Raza Rashid Kitchlew (media supervisor)
Pakistan Ladies’s tour of South Africa Schedule: (10 February to 1 March)
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)
50-over warm-up match – 19 February – Kimberley Oval, Kimberley (day)
1st ODI – 22 February – Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein (day)
2nd ODI – 25 February – SuperSport Park, Centurion (day/night time)
third ODI – 1 March – Kingsmead Stadium, Durban (day)
