LAHORE: The trials to select U-18 players for the 2021 ICC Women’s World Cup will be held in different cities across Pakistan From Nov 5 to 9.

The said trials will be organised in Abbottabad, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar and Rawalpindi.

Following the trials, the selected players will feature in a four-team T20 tournament, after which a final batch of the players comprising best performers of the tournament will go through a 16-day specialised academy programme on skills, fitness and athlete development training.

Trials schedule:

Nov 5-6: National Cricket Academy, Lahore.

Nov 6: Bahawalpur Stadium, Bahawalpur.

Nov 7: Multan High Performance Academy.

Nov 8: Abbottabad Stadium, Abbottabad

Nov 9: Saeed Ajmal Academy, Faisalabad.

Nov 9: Qayyum Stadium, Peshawar.

Note: Dates and venues for the Karachi and Rawalpindi trials will be announced in due course.

Published in Dawn, November 5th, 2019