LAHORE: A cohort of 29 Under-19 women cricketers will undergo a 15-day skill camp at the Inzamam-ul-Haq High Performance Centre in Multan from Sunday.

The primary goal of the U-19 camp is to identify emerging talent for the upcoming U-19 tri-series in Bangladesh.

Besides hosts Bangladesh and Pakistan, Sri Lanka will be the third team who will vie for honours in the next month’s tri-series.

Among the 29 players, seven players — Anosha Nasir, Eyman Fatima, Haniah Ahmer, Laiba Nasir, Mahnoor Aftab, Rida Aslam and Zaib-un-Nisa — were members of the 15-member squad that represented Pakistan in the inaugural edition of U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup earlier this year in South Africa.

The detailed schedule for the tri-series will be announced in due course.

Probables: Aleesa Mukhtiar (Multan), Anosha Nasir (Karachi), Aqsa Yousaf (Multan), Areesha Ansari (Okara), Eyman Fatima (Lahore), Haleema Dua (Lahore), Haniah Ahmer (Karachi), Humaira Ghulam Hussain (Quetta), Kainat Eiman (Karachi), Komal Khan (Lahore), Laiba Nasir (Lahore), Maham Anees (Rawalpindi), Mahnoor Aftab (Peshawar), Memoona Khalid (Lahore), Memoona Tippu Sultan (Lahore), Mubeen Ahmed (Rawalpindi), Muqadas Bukhari (Multan), Muskan Abid (Lahore), Ravail Farhan (Lahore), Rida Aslam (Muzaffarabad), Saba Sher (Lahore), Samiya Afsar (Lahore), Sana Talib (Bahawalpur), Taskyn Fatima (Karachi), Tayyaba Imdad (Abbottabad), Wasifa Hussain (Karachi), Zaib-un-Nisa (Charsadda), Zarish Farooq Samuel (Lahore) and Zoofishan Ayyaz (Rawalpindi).

Support staff: Wasim Yousafi (head coach), Shakir Qayyum (assistant coach), Aisha Jalil (manager), Zulfiqar Babar (spin bowling coach), Tehreem Sumbal (physio), Muhammad Ramzan (strength and conditioning coach), Muhammad Usman Shahid (analyst) and Ameerullah (event officer).

Published in Dawn, December 9th, 2023