LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday announced a 27-day training camp in Multan for players to prepare them for this year’s ICC Women’s World Cup qualifiers.

The camp begins on Sunday at the Inzamam-ul-Haq High Performance Centre after the players and support staff assemble there on Saturday.

A total of 31 players, including PCB’s 16 centrally-contracted women cricketers, have been invited to the training camp, which involves regular sessions on fitness training, skill enhancement and seven 50-over practice matches throughout February.

The camp will be supervised by head coach Mohammad Wasim.

Pakistan will feature in the ICC Women’s World Cup 2025 Qualifiers along with Bangladesh, Ireland, Scotland, Thailand and West Indies, in a bid to qualify for the mega event. The finalists of the tournament will join the top six teams of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 for the eight-team ICC Women’s World Cup.

Players invited to the camp:

Batters: Aliya Riaz, Ayesha Zafar, Eyman Fatima, Gull Feroza, Gull Rukh, Hafsa Khalid, Iram Javed, Natalia Parvaiz, Sadaf Shamas, Saira Jebeen, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Sidra Amin.

Wicket-keepers: Muneeba Ali, Najiha Alvi, Sidra Nawaz

All-rounders: Fatima Sana, Omaima Sohail, Rameen Shamim, Syeda Aroob Shah, Tuba Hassan

Spinners: Ghulam Fatima, Mahnoor Aftab, Nashra Sundhu, Sadia Iqbal, Tania Saeed, Umm-e-Hani

Pacers: Diana Baig, Fatima Khan, Tasmia Rubab, Waheeda Akhtar, Zaib-un-Nisa Niaz

Published in Dawn, January 31st, 2025