Lea Tahuhu, Danni Wyatt, Chamari Athapaththu, and Laura Wolvaardt are among the ten international cricketers selected to play in three exhibition matches for women during the ongoing PSL.
The Amazons and Super Women playing XIs that will compete in Rawalpindi the following week will be formed with their assistance.
Amazons will be led by Bismah Maroof, who recently resigned as the nation’s captain, and Super Women will be led by Nida Dar. The PCB has scheduled three “women’s festival” games for the middle of the PSL, featuring both domestic and international players. These games will serve as a trial run for a future women’s T20 league. The matches, which are scheduled for Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, are doubleheaders that take place all day at Pindi Stadium and are followed in the evening by matches from the men’s PSL.
A total of 36 cricketers will compete in the exhibition matches for the ladies, evenly divided into two teams. A maximum of four and a minimum of three foreign players, as well as a minimum of one emerging or Under-19 player, must be included in the playing lineups. Three English players, Lauren Winfield-Hill, Maia Bouchier, and Tammy Beaumont, will be available for Bismah, in addition to Tess Flintoff of Australia and Laura Delany of Ireland. Dar will be batting for Sri Lanka alongside Athapaththu, Wyatt of England, Jahanara Alam of Bangladesh, Wolvaardt of South Africa, and Tahuhu of New Zealand.
Gamers from abroad for the “women’s festival” Chamari Athapaththu
Dwight Wyatt
Alam Jahanara
Delany, Laura
L. Wolvaardt
Winfield-Hill, Lauren
Tahuhu Lea
Baicher, Maia
Samantha Beaumont
Ms. Tess Flintoff
I’m thrilled to captain the Amazons team in the three women’s league exhibition games, said Bismah. “Our guys have a wonderful chance to showcase their ability here. The presence of international athletes in the exhibition games would give our athletes the ideal chance to observe and learn from them.”
Wyatt is tied for the joint-second most women’s T20I caps with 143 appearances, while Wolvaardt led all scorers for her nation in the recent Women’s T20 World Cup final in South Africa. Eight of the ten international players have recently competed for their nation at the T20 World Cup. They represent seven different nationalities.
The first game is scheduled to coincide with International Women’s Day, and the second exhibition game is scheduled for Friday in collaboration with Pink Ribbon Pakistan to raise awareness of breast cancer.
Tania Mallick, the PCB’s head of women’s cricket, said: “I am happy and excited that the exhibition matches for the Women’s League are taking place. “Our athletes are given the opportunity to showcase their abilities and perform at their highest level during these exhibition games.
Playing in a league with foreign players gives local athletes the chance to assess their talent level and inspires them to get better at their sport. This will significantly increase the power of our female cricket players and give them a platform and opportunities outside of the game.”
The PCB had originally intended for the debut women’s league to operate alongside the men’s PSL, but that concept was abandoned. Now, the plan is to introduce a stand-alone project at some point this year. The new league, which will include four teams and a distinct brand and identity from the men’s PSL, is anticipated to operate as a standalone organization.
The following individuals represent the Amazons: Bismah Maroof (captain), Aliya Riaz, Anam Amin, Areesha Noor, Eyman Fatima, Fatima Khan, Fatima Sana, Ghulam Fatima, Gull Feroza, Kainat Imtiaz, Lauren Winfield-Hill (England), Maia Bouchier (England), Nashra Sundhu, Sadaf
Fantastic Women include Lea Tahuhu (New Zealand), Muneeba Ali, Natalia Parvaiz, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz, Syeda Aroob Shah, Syeda Masooma Zahra, Chamari Athapaththu (Sri Lanka), Danni Wyatt (England), Iram Javed, and Jahan
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