LAHORE, Feb 27: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Zarai Taraqiati Bank Ltd (ZTBL) are organising the 2nd edition of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Women Cricket Challenge Trophy T20 tournament at the Gaddafi Stadium here from March 4 to 7.

Six teams taking part in the event have been divided into two pools. Top team from each pool will qualify for the final. Two matches will be staged every day during the first three days of the tournament.

Group ‘A’ comprises Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan while group ‘B’ includes ZTBL, Federal Capital and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Matches schedule:

March 4: Punjab v Sindh; ZTBL v Federal Capital.

March 5: Sindh v Balochistan; ZTBL v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

March 6: Punjab v Balochistan; Federal Capital v Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.

March 7: Final.

Squads: BALOCHISTAN: Nahida Bibi (captain), Sukhan Faiz, Sabahat Rasheed,Maham Rafique, Ramin Shamim, Shumaila Qureshi, Madiha Rajput,Rida Hussain, Hafza Amjad, Saima Maqsood, Anum Amin, Farah Naeem,Asha Khan, Kulsoom Hanif.

FEDERAL CAPITAL: Mariam Hassan Shah (captain), Madiha Rasheed, Fareeha Mahmood, Areeb Shumaim, Huma Shafiq, Ayesha Furqan, Alia Riaz, Noreena Khalil, Fazila Akhlaq, Naila Nazir, Hina Shafiq, Diana Baig, Sadia Khaliq, Hina Azam.

KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA: Salma Faiz (captain), Zainab Khan, Reema Khan, Badrunissa Shaukat, Omaima Sohail, Mehwish Tariq, Mahlaqa Mansoor, Shakeela Naz, Mariam Bukhari, Saba Khursheed, Faiza Khalid, Uzma Younis, Sidra Jan, Maria Gulnaz.

SINDH: Sumayya Siddiqui (captain), Sana Taj, Ayesha Zafar, Muneeba Ali, Sana Urooj, Ayesha Amjad, Naureen Afsar, Aimen Anwar, Arman Khan, Sajda Shah, Javeria Rauf, Areeba Hanif, Kainat Imtiaz, Masooma Junaid.

PUNJAB: Marina Iqbal (captain), Ayesha Qazi, Komal Feroze, Sidra Amin, Iqra Nawaz, Erum Javed, Waheeda Akhtar, Sidra Nawaz, Bakhtawar Iqbal, Sana Gulzar, Elizabeth Barkat, Mariam Shafiq, Namra Imran, Kanwal Francis.

ZTBL: Sana Mir, Nain Abidi, Bismah Maroof, Nida Dar, Javeria Khan, Batool Fatima, Qanita Jalil, Asmavia Iqbal, Sadia Yousuf, Almas Akram, Zeba Manzoor, Sania Khan, Kanwal Naz, Rabiya Shah.

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