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    Pakistan Cricket Board Set To Host First Under-19 T20 World Cup

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    Pakistan Cricket Board Set To Host First Under-19 T20 World Cup

    Pakistan Cricket Board Set To Host First Under-19 T20 World Cup: PCB is launching a women’s city-based cricket tournament. The Pakistan board hopes the tournament will create a larger talent pool for women’s cricket in Pakistan, as well as boost publicity for the inaugural U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup in South Africa next year.

    Pakistan Cricket Board Set To Host First Under-19 T20 World Cup: PCB is launching a women’s city-based cricket tournament.
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    The PCB will have an Under-19 women’s T20 league, six associations compete in a round robin tournament, with Lahore Country Club as the venue. There are 84 players with 15 reserve players on standby during the 10 day round robin tournament.

    The PCB is hoping to develop a strong pool of talent in the country for international tournaments, looking particularly ahead to the inaugural U-19 Women’s T20 World Cup next year in South Africa.

    Players born on September 1, 2003 and later are eligible to enter the competition. Those performing better than others will be moved up into the national sides for T20 matches and one-day domestic tournaments.

    Women’s cricket in Pakistan had been a destination rather than a journey. There has been no approach to coaching and programs at the grassroots level, meaning that there is only a pool of 30-35 competitive female cricketers. Women’s cricket tournaments have only been held twice – with three teams playing in each the National T20 and ODI Challenge Cups.

    The Under-19 tournament offers a more concrete pathway to senior cricket, with squads selected after open trials, followed by practice games among the players across the PCB-run regional academies.

    PCB was previously involved in two junior cricket U-17 tournaments, one from 2004-2008, and another from 2009-2013. However, a policy change made all youth women’s tournaments disappear in 2013 as official ones were disbanded.

    Participating Squads

    Central Punjab U-19: 

    Shawal Zulfiqar (capt) 

    Areesha Noor

    Eyman Fatima

    Farah Imran

    Haleema Azeem Dar

    Haleema Dua

    Jaweria Ali

    Komal Khan

    Laiba Nasir

    Noor Fatima

    Quratulain Ahsen

    Rida Aslam

    Warda Yousaf

    Zamina Tahir Chugtai

    Balochistan U-19: 

    Humaira Ghulam Hussain

    Alisha Aslam

    Aman Fatima

    Amina Javed

    Azra Habibullah

    Dura-E-Nayab

    Fakhra Abdullah

    Fiza Noor

    Kalsoom Kakar

    Madhur Moolani

    Misha Kareem

    Ruqia Nazar

    Shakira Ahmed

    Shamim Amirullah

    Khyber Pakhtunkhwa U-19: 

    Zaibunisa Niaz

    Aleesha Khan

    Aliza Khan

    Bakhtawar Arifullah

    Gule Nayab

    Hansa Zair Gul

    Humaira Husain

    Jalwa Anwar

    Javeria Qamar

    Mahnoor Aftab

    Malaika Afridi

    Sumbal Liaquat

    Tayyaba Imdad

    Tehzeeb Shah

    Northern U-19:

    Maham Anees

    Fatima Sardar

    Hadia Mushtaq

    Kainat Riasat

    Laiba Mubashar

    Maheen Irfan

    Malaika Noor

    Mariyam Shehzadi

    Muskan Abid

    Noor Fatima

    Rida Ashfaq

    Sarah Jan Peter

    Syeda Hania Zehra 

    Tahira Malik

    Sindh U-19: 

    Aroob Shah

    Abeera Kaleem

    Aliza Sabir

    Anosha Nasir

    Dina Razvi

    Eman Adeel

    Farhia Fahim

    Haniah Ahmer

    Kainat Eman Shah

    Khizra Rani

    Sara Fatima

    Taskeen Fatima

    Tooba Khan

    Wasfa Hussain

    Southern Punjab U-19: 

    Aqsa Hafeez 

    Anam Bibi

    Aqsa Yousaf

    Eman Fatima

    Javeria Asharaf

    Javeria Siddique

    Laila Manzoor

    Muqadas Bukhari

    Rimsha Shehzadi

    Sahar Fatima

    Sana Khan

    Sania Mazhar

    Shameer Rajpoot

    Uzma Iqbal

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