LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has announced 48 probables for a camp being organised to select national squad for the Women’s Asian Challenge 2017.

The event will be held in Brunei’s capital Bandar Seri Bagawan from Oct 22 to 29.

Trials to select the final squad will be organised from Oct 7 to 9.

The following players have been asked to report at Lahore’s National Hockey Stadium on Oct 2.

Probables:

Goalkeepers: Rizwana Yasmin (Wapda), Syeda Sadia (Railways), Rushna Khan (Punjab), Sana Amanat (Army), Iqbal Joyan (Sindh), Ayesha Qamar (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa).

Fullbacks: Ishrat Abbas, Marina Anwar (both Wapda); Taskeen Kausar, Adeeba (both Army); Rimsha Ilyas, Amna Ghaffar (both Railways); Asma Khan, Khansa (both Islamabad); Kainat Zulfiqar (Punjab); Hira Fatima (Balochistan)

Halfbacks: Nafeesa Anwar, Ibra Sheikh, Zakia Nawaz, Iqra Javed (all Wapda); Shahida Raza, Saira Cheema, Sana Naz (all Army); Fozia Naz, Zaib-un-Nisa (both Railways); Nida Asghar, Tabarka Tariq (both Punjab); Sonia (Balochistan)

Forwards: Hina Pervaiz, Ambreen Arshad, Hamra Latif, Kulsoom Shahzadi, Maria Sabir, Afshan Noreen (all Wapda); Sahil Malik, Ayesha, Mah Jabeen, Muneeba, Fozia (all Army); Kulsoom Munir, Sahrish Waheed, Saira Ashraf (all Railways); Areeba Sarwar, Faiqa Riaz (both Punjab); Batool Kazim, Iqra, Momal (all Sindh); Haseena (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

Officials:

Col Ahmed Nawaz (manager), Saeed Khan (head coach), Mohammad Pervaiz and Abbas Ali (assistant coaches)

Published in Dawn, September 28th, 2017

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