National Triangular: T20 Women’s Cricket from tomorrow

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is organising National Triangular T20 Women’s Cricket Championship in a bid to prepare Pakistan's women team for T20 World Cup in Australia.

The T20 tournament will be held here at National Stadium from Thursday (tomorrow). The three teams in the eight-day-long championship have been named PCB Blasters, PCB Challengers and PCB Dynamites.

The final will be played under floodlights on January 16. To maximise the reach of the women’s game, the contest will be live-streamed on the PCB’s YouTube channel.

To provide opportunities to fans to watch the action up-close and promote the game amongst girls, Hanif Mohammad and Javed Miandad enclosures will be open throughout the tournament with free entry for spectators.

The winning team will bag Rs500,000, while the runners-up will get Rs250,000. PCB Blasters: Rameen Shamim (c), Aliya Riaz, Anum Amin, Ayesha Nasim, Hurraini Sajjad, Javeria Khan, Javeria Rauf, Maham Tariq, Natalia Pavaiz, Neha Sharmin Nadeem, Noreen Yaqoob, Sadaf Shams, Sidra Nawaz, Tuba Hassan.

PCB Challengers: Bismah Maroof (c), Aiman Anwar, Aroob Shah, Ayesha Zafar, Fatima Sana, Hafsa Khalid, Muneeba Ali, Najiha Alvi, Nida Dar, Saba Nazir, Sadia Iqbal, Waheeda Akhtar, Hafsa Amjad, Khadija Chishti.

PCB Dynamites: Nahida Khan (c), Diana Baig, Fareeha Mehmood, Ghulam Fatima, Irum Javed, Kainat Hafeez, Kainat Imtiaz, Lubna Behram, Masooma Jaffri, Nashra Sandhu, Omaima Sohail, Sana Mir, Sidra Amin, Umme Hani.