PSL 8: 10 foreign players named to women’s squads

• The PCB has announced two women’s squads for the three Women’s League exhibition.
• Bismah Maroof will lead the Amazons team, which includes Ireland’s Laura Delany.
• Nida Dar will lead the Super Women team, which will include Chamari Athapaththu of Sri Lanka.

The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced two women’s squads for the three Women’s League exhibition matches in Rawalpindi on March 8, 10, and 11.

Bismah Maroof has been named captain of the Amazons, which also includes Ireland’s Laura Delany, England’s Lauren Winfield-Hill, Maia Bouchier, and Tammy Beaumont, and Australia’s Tess Flintoff.

Meanwhile, Nida Dar will lead the Super Women, which will include Chamari Athapaththu of Sri Lanka, Danni Wyatt of England, Jahanara Alam of Bangladesh, Laura Wolvaardt of South Africa, and Lea Tahuhu of New Zealand.

“This means world’s 10 leading foreign players from seven countries will be represented in the three matches, which are billed as soft launch of the Pakistan Women’s League, which is tentatively planned for September,” the PCB said in a press release.

“These 10 foreign stars will be accompanied by Pakistan’s 20 elite players, four U19 players who featured in the recently held ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup (Areesha Noor, Eyman Fatima, Shawaal Zulfiqar and Syeda Aroob Shah) and two emerging cricketers (Fatima Khan and Syeda Masooma Zahra).

“The 36 cricketers have been equally divided into two sides with the playing line-ups to include a maximum of four and minimum of three foreign players and a minimum of one emerging or U19 player.

“I am delighted to lead the Amazons team in the three exhibition matches of the Women’s League,” said captain Bismah Maroof. This is an excellent opportunity for our players to showcase their abilities. The participation of foreign players in exhibition matches will provide our players with an excellent opportunity to learn from them.”

“I am excited to lead the exciting group of Super Women players,” said Super Women captain Nida Dar. The exhibition matches will provide an excellent opportunity for emerging players to showcase their abilities. The participation of foreign players in these matches, as well as their experience, will be invaluable to the local players.”

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