LAHORE (Kashmir English): Pakistan has announced 15-member each separate squads for the Women’s Asia Cup and the 20th Asian Games, with regular captain Fatima Sana returning to lead the side in both tournaments.
She had missed the recent T20I series against Sri Lanka due to her commitments in The Hundred.
The Women’s Asia Cup will be played in Dubai from August 28 to September 13, while the women’s cricket tournament at the Asian Games will take place in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 17 to 22.
Women’s Asia Cup
Pakistan are in Group A at the Asia Cup alongside India, Thailand, and Hong Kong, China while Group B comprises Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates.
Pakistan will face Thailand on September 1, India on September 5 and Hong Kong, China on September 7.
The semi-finals are scheduled for September 10 and 11, with the final on September 13. All matches will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium and start at 7:30 pm Pakistan time.
At the Asian Games, Pakistan are seeded alongside Thailand and will meet them in the fourth quarter-final on September 17 at Korogi Athletic Park in Aichi.
India will meet Japan, Bangladesh face China, and Sri Lanka play Malaysia in the other quarter-finals.
Pakistan, who won gold at the 2010 and 2014 Asian Games, will face either Sri Lanka or Malaysia in the semi-finals if they advance. The medal matches are scheduled for September 22. Pakistan finished fourth at the 2022 Games.
Pakistan will hold a training camp at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore from August 16 to 25.
Asia Cup squad
Fatima Sana (captain), Ayesha Zafar, Eman Naseer, Eyman Fatima, Gull Feroza, Momina Riasat, Muneeba Ali Siddiqui, Najiha Alvi, Nashra Sundhu, Sadia Iqbal, Saira Jabeen, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Tuba Hassan, Umm-e-Hani, Waheeda Akhtar.
Asian Games squad
Fatima Sana (captain), Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Zafar, Eman Naseer, Eyman Fatima, Gull Feroza, Humna Bilal, Momina Riasat, Muneeba Ali Siddiqui, Nashra Sundhu, Saira Jabeen, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Tasmia Rubab, Tuba Hassan, Umm-e-Hani.
