The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the squads for the Women’s Super-3 T20 Tournament, which will be played at Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad from October 28 to November 5. Thirty-nine players have been selected for the seven-match event, with thirteen players in each of the three teams, Champions, Incredibles and Warriors, and the line-ups are packed with the form players of the domestic season.
Champions will be captained by Tuba Hassan, and her squad brings together Ayesha Rehman, Fatima Khan, Komal Khan, Momina Riasat, Najiha Alvi, Natalia Parvaiz, Saira Jabeen, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin, Tania Saeed, Tasmia Rubab and Tayyaba Imdad. Incredibles will be led by Gull Feroza, with Anosha Nasir, Ayesha Zafar, Eman Naseer, Mahnoor Zeb, Minahil Rafique, Omaima Sohail, Rida Aslam, Samiya Afsar, Syeda Aroob Shah, Syeda Masooma Zahra, Umm-e-Hani and Waheeda Akhtar completing their thirteen. Warriors, under captain Muneeba Ali, will feature Aleesa Mukhtiar, Ayesha Bilal, Diana Baig, Eyman Fatima, Gull Rukh, Hafsa Khalid, Humna Bilal, Rameen Shamim, Ravail Farhan, Sadaf Shamas, Shahar Bano and Zunash Abdul Sattar.
The tournament follows the National Women’s T20 Tournament, a twenty-one match event held in Faisalabad from October 10 to 26, and its purpose is to give the best performers from that competition more experience in high-pressure tournament cricket. The three teams will play each other twice in a double round-robin format, with the top two sides advancing to the final on November 5.
All matches will begin at ten in the morning Pakistan Standard Time and will be livestreamed on tapmad and Tamasha. The winning team will receive Rs1.5 million and the runners-up Rs1 million. With so many of the country’s leading women’s players in one place, the Super-3 promises a week of competitive cricket and a valuable glimpse of the next generation pushing for national selection.
