PCB announces Pakistan Women squad for the upcoming Commonwealth Games 2022

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), on Tuesday, introduced the Pakistan Ladies squad for the upcoming inaugural version of Commonwealth Games Women’s Cricket Competition 2022, beginning July 29 in Birmingham.

Pakistan have gone with an unchanged squad that lately clean-swept Sri Lanka ladies. The outfit options 18 members, together with three reverse gamers: Ghulam Fatima, Sadaf Shamas and Umme Hani.

“Following a profitable collection in opposition to Sri Lanka, now we have determined to retain the identical successful mixture. Not solely our senior cricketers within the facet displayed nice cricketing acumen, but additionally our kids have been excellent and have raised their palms every time the staff wanted them to,” mentioned chief selector Asmavia Iqbal in an official assertion.

“We’re delighted with a begin Tuba Hassan has needed to her worldwide profession and really feel her leg-spin shall be a potent weapon for us within the days forward. Ayesha Naseem produced a match successful innings within the second match of the T20Is in opposition to Sri Lanka and proved her big-hitting capacity,” she added.

Forward of the fixtures within the Commonwealth Video games, Pakistan will sq. off in a triangular collection in opposition to Australia and Eire.

Coming again to the multi-team occasion, the Bismah Maroof-led facet is grouped with India, Australia and Barbados in Group A. Equally, England, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka are positioned in Group B. The highest two groups from the swimming pools will progress to the semi-finals.

“I wish to congratulate our staff for placing up a strong and dominating show in Karachi in opposition to Sri Lanka, and I’m certain these ladies will proceed their type within the ICC Ladies’s Championship fixtures. Our staff has all of the potential to do effectively in the UK, and I want them the easiest for the tri-series and Commonwealth Video games. I wish to thank the Commonwealth Video games for accepting our request to accommodate our captain Bismah Maroof’s household on the video games village, which can permit her to deal with the duty at hand with none worries about her younger toddler daughter,” mentioned Head of Ladies Cricket, Tania Mallick.

Right here is Pakistan Ladies’s Squad for Commonwealth Video games 2022:

Bismah Maroof (captain), Aimen Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Anam Amin, Ayesha Naseem, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Gull Feroza (wicketkeeper), Iram Javed, Kainat Imtiaz, Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (wicketkeeper), Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal and Tuba Hassan.