Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced 18-member squad for the the upcoming inaugural edition of Commonwealth Games Women's cricket competition 2022 which is slated to start from July 29 in Birmingham. The high-octane match between arch-rivals India and Pakistan is also on card as they will cross swords on July 31.
Pakistan have gone with an unchanged squad that recently clean-swept Sri Lanka women. The outfit features 18 members, including three reverse players: Ghulam Fatima, Sadaf Shamas and Umme Hani.
“I want to congratulate our team for putting up a solid and dominating display in Karachi against Sri Lanka and I am sure these girls will continue their form in the ICC Women’s Championship fixtures. Our team has all the potential to do well in the United Kingdom and I wish them the very best for the tri-series and Commonwealth Games,” Head of Women's Cricket, Tania Mallick said.
“I want to thank the Commonwealth Games for accepting our request to accommodate our captain Bismah Maroof’s family at the games village, which will allow her to focus on the task at hand without any worries about her young infant daughter,” she added.
Pakistan Women’s Squad for Commonwealth 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.
T20 World Champions Australia will take on runners-up India in the opening match of the competition on 29 July. This will be followed by Pakistan facing Barbados, the national team confirmed to take part from the West Indies. Hosts England will play their first match on 30 July, against a qualifier, who will be decided by a qualifying tournament in early 2022. The semi-finals will be on 6 August, and the final on 7 August. There will also be a bronze medal match earlier on 7 August. All matches will be played at Edgbaston.
A total of 8 nations are participating in this tournament which will be played in T20 format. All of them are grouped into two teams as
Group A
Australia
Pakistan
India
Barbados
Group B
New Zealand
South Africa
England
Sri Lanka
The schedule for the Women’s T20 Cricket at the Commonwealth Games 2022 is announced and the same is below.
Date Day Time Match Detail Venue
29 July 2022 Friday 11:00 – 14:30 Australia v India Edgbaston, Birmingham
29 July 2022 Friday 18:00 – 21:30 Pakistan v Barbados Edgbaston, Birmingham
30 July 2022 Saturday 11:00 – 14:30 New Zealand v South Africa Edgbaston, Birmingham
30 July 2022 Saturday 18:00 – 21:30 England v Sri Lanka Edgbaston, Birmingham
31 July 2022 Sunday 11:00 – 14:30 India v Pakistan Edgbaston, Birmingham
31 July 2022 Sunday 18:00 – 21:30 Barbados v Australia Edgbaston, Birmingham
2 August 2022 Tuesday 11:00 – 14:30 England v South Africa Edgbaston, Birmingham
2 August 2022 Tuesday 18:00 – 21:30 Sri Lanka v New Zealand Edgbaston, Birmingham
3 August 2022 Wednesday 11:00 – 14:30 Australia v Pakistan Edgbaston, Birmingham
3 August 2022 Wednesday 18:00 – 21:30 India v Barbados Edgbaston, Birmingham
4 August 2022 Thursday 11:00 – 14:30 South Africa v Sri Lanka Edgbaston, Birmingham
4 August 2022 Thursday 18:00 – 21:30 England v New Zealand Edgbaston, Birmingham
6 August 2022 Saturday 11:00 – 14:30 Semi-final 1 Edgbaston, Birmingham
6 August 2022 Saturday 18:00 – 21:30 Semi-final 2 Edgbaston, Birmingham
7 August 2022 Sunday 10:00 – 13:30 Bronze Medal Match Edgbaston, Birmingham
7 August 2022 Sunday 17:00 – 20:30 Gold Medal Match Edgbaston, Birmingham
