LAHORE: The National Women’s One-day Tour­nament will be held in Faisalabad from Nov 14 to Dec 6.

The five-team event will be played on a double-league basis with top two teams contesting the final.

Stars will be looking to defend their title as they had beaten Conquerors by five wickets in the final of previous season’s edition staged in Rawalpindi.

Challengers, Invi­ncibles and Strikes are the other three teams taking part in the 50-over tournament.

The 20-member preliminary squads of the five teams assembled in Faisalabad on Monday and from them 15 players of each team will be selected after a short training camp at the High Performance Centre in Faisalabad.

A cash prize of Rs1.5 million will be received by the tournament winners while runners-up will earn Rs1 million. Player-of-the-match in each of the 21 matches will get Rs25,000 while the player-of-the-tournament will pocket Rs200,000.

The tournament will see 10 rounds with two matches played in each round followed by the final. All the matches will take place at the Iqbal Stadium and the PCB High-Performance Centre Ground except the Nov 22 Challengers-Strikers fixture which will be staged at the Jawad Club Cricket Ground.

Squads:

CONQUERORS: Fatima Sana (captain), Aleena Masood, Amber Kainat, Aqsa Bibi, Ayesha Bilal, Eisha Naeem, Esha Rahupoto, Farzana Farooq (wicket-keeper), Gull Feroza, Iram Javed, Lubna Behram, Maheen Irfan, Maham Anees, Muqaddas Bukhari, Sabiha Noor, Saima Malik, Saira Jabeen, Sidra Nawaz (wicket-keeper), Umm-e-Hani, Zunash Abdul Sattar

STRIKERS: Nashra Sundhu (captain), Aliya Riaz, Aliza Sabir, Amna Bibi, Areesha Noor, Ghulam Fatima, Humna Bilal, Javeria Siddique, Laiba Fatima, Laiba Nasir, Mahnoor Aftab, Najiha Alvi (wicket-keeper), Noreen Yaqoob, Rabia Rani, Rehmat Noreen, Saiqa Riaz, Samina Aftab, Sania Rasheed (wicket-keeper), Shawaal Zulfiqar, Zaib-un-Nisa Niaz

CHALLENGERS: Rameen Shamim (captain), Aleena Shah, Ayesha Zafar, Eyman Fatima, Fatima Shahid, Haleema Dua, Huraina Sajjad, Jannat Rasheed, Maham Manzoor, Memoona Tipu, Neha Sharmin Nadeem, Quratulain, Ramama Nazir, Sadaf Shamas, Sana Talib, Tania Saeed, Tayyaba Imdad, Waheeda Akhtar, Wasifa Hussain (wicket-keeper), Yusra Amir (wicket-keeper)

INVINCIBLES: Muneeba Ali (captain, wicket-keeper), Ayesha Rehman, Bakhtawar Asad, Dua Majid, Fatima Khan, Hafsa Khalid, Khadija Chishti, Laiba Mansoor, Minhail Javaid, Momina Riasat, Nayab (wicket-keeper), Natalia Parvaiz, Neelam Mushtaq, Rida Aslam, Saba Sher, Samiya Afsar, Sana Urooj, Subica Shahzadi, Tasmia Rubab, Tuba Hassan

STARS: Omaima Sohail (captain), Anam Amin, Anosha Nasir, Arijah Haseeb, Diana Baig, Fatima Zahra, Gull Rukh, Haniah Ahmer, Kaynat Hafeez, Manahil Rafiq, Noor-ul-Iman, Seema Gul, Shabnam Hayat (wicket-keeper), Sidra Amin, Soha Fatima (wicket-keeper), Syeda Aroob Shah, Syeda Masooma, Syeda Taskyn Fatima, Warda Yousuf, Yusra Ehtesham.

Published in Dawn, November 12th, 2025