A 17-player Pakistan women’s squad for this month’s tour to England was named by the newly-appointed selection committee on Wednesday.
Pakistan will take part in three T20Is from 11-17 May and three ODIs from 23-29 May. The ODIs will be Pakistan’s final assignment in the current cycle of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25.
Pakistan current occupy fifth place with 16 points in the 10-team ICC Women Championship standings. The top five teams from this championship, along with hosts India, will directly qualify for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2025.
Pakistan will also play two warm-up matches during their first tour of England since 2016.
The national side will depart for the tour on Sunday, 5 May.
Pakistan squad
Team: Nida Dar (captain), Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Zafar, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Gull Feroza, Muneeba Ali (wk), Najiha Alvi (wk), Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Tuba Hassan, Umm-e-Hani and Waheeda Akhtar
Player support personnel: Nahida Khan (manager), Mauhtashim Rasheed (interim head coach), Saleem Jaffar (bowling coach), Taufeeq Umar (batting coach), Hanif Malik (fielding coach), Syed Nazir Ahmed (media manager), Rabia Siddiq (physiotherapist), Zubair Ahmed (analyst) and Hina Munawar (chief security officer)
Tour schedule
9 May – T20 warm-up game v ECB Development XI, Uptonsteel County Ground (11.00am local time)
11 May – 1st T20I, Birmingham (2.30pm local time)
17 May – 2nd T20I, Northampton (6.30pm local time)
19 May – 3rd T20I, Leeds (1.00pm local time)
21 May – One-Day warm-up game v ECB Development XI, Northampton (11.00am local time)
23 May – 1st ODI, Derby (1.00pm local time)
26 May – 2nd ODI, Taunton (11.00am local time)
29 May – 3rd ODI, Chelmsford (1.00pm local time)
