Mohammad Wasim appointed head coach of Pakistan women’s cricket team

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Wednesday announced the coaches of the Pakistan women’s cricket team ahead of the ACC Women’s Asia Cup 2024 being held in Sri Lanka.

According to the PCB statement, Muhammad Wasim will be the head coach, while former Test bowlers Abdur Rehman and Junaid Khan will be the spin bowling and assistant coaches, respectively.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan women’s team has started a four-day training camp at the Hanif Mohammad High-Performance Centre in Karachi on Wednesday morning for next month’s eight-team Women’s T20 Asia Cup, scheduled in Dambulla, Sri Lanka from July 19 to 28.

“Twenty-eight cricketers have been invited to the camp by the women’s national selection committee, which will be onsite to assess and evaluate players’ performances before announcing the squad for the Asian Championship,” the statement added.

Furthermore, it added, the players will also undergo practice sessions at the High-Performance Centre on Friday, while they will play T20 practice games at the Moin Khan Academy on Thursday and Saturday. “The camp will be supervised by Abdur Rehman and Hanif Malik.”

In the T20I tournament scheduled next month, Pakistan is placed in Group ‘A’ along with India, Nepal and UAE. Pakistan will take on arch-rivals India on the opening day of the tournament, while matches against Nepal and UAE will be played on July 21 and 23, respectively.

Players called for training camp: Aliya Riaz, Anoosha Nasir, Ayesha Zafar, Diana Baig, Dua Majid, Eyman Fatima, Fatima Sana, Gull Feroza, Humna Bilal, Iram Javed, Maham Manzoor, Muneeba Ali, Najiha Alvi, Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Quratulain, Rameen Shamim, Sadaf Shamas, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Syeda Aroob Shah, Tasmia Rubab, Tuba Hassan, Yusra Amir, Umm-e-Hani and Waheeda Akhtar