LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday announced names of 15-member Pakistan women squad and five standby players for the upcoming ICC Women World T20.

The event will be played in India in March-April this year.

The selection committee comprised Farrukh Zaman, Urooj Mumtaz and Ali Naqvi.

The dates for the training camp will be announced soon.

Squad:

Javeria Wadood, Bibi Nahida, Sidra Amin, Bisman Maroof, Muneeba Ali Siddiqui, Sana Mir, Nida Rashid, Iram Javed, Asamvia Iqbal Khokhar, Anam Amin, Sania Iqbal, Sadia Iqbal, Aliya Riaz, Sidra Nawaz and Nain Fatima Abidi.

Standbys:

Almas Akram, Diana Baig, Rabiya Shah, Aiman Anwar and Ayesha Zafar.

Published in Dawn, February 11th, 2016

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