PCB announces Women's Cricket Season 23-2022
During the season, the national women's cricket team will play 8 international series under the leadership of Bismillah Maroof.
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the Women's Cricket Season 23-2022 to reduce the gap between national and international women's cricket. These international series include the ICC Women's Championship, the ICC Women's Twenty20 World Cup, the Commonwealth Games, the Asian Games and the ACC Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup.
The Sri Lankan women's cricket team will arrive in Pakistan in May to play three ODIs. This will be the first time that Pakistan will host a match of the ICC Women's Championship. The tour of the visiting team also includes three Twenty20 International matches.
The national women's cricket team will leave for China in September to participate in the Asian Games, then the Irish women's cricket team will visit Pakistan in October-November, during which the visiting team will play three ODIs and three Twenty20 Internationals.
Similarly, women's cricket competitions will be held at the domestic level during the season 23-2022. The first event of the season, the National Under-19 Women's Tournament will be played in Muridke in August, where teams from six cricket associations will participate. Cricketers who have excelled in the tournament will also be given the opportunity to represent the senior teams later in the Women's Cricket Season 23-2022.
The National Women's T20 Championship will be played in September. This event is divided into two phases. In the first phase, four teams from six cricket associations will participate. The best performing players here will be divided into three new teams along with women cricketers representing the country at the international level. The winner of the T20 championship between the three teams will then be declared the champion. The third and final women's domestic event, the ODI tournament, will be played in April. A total of 14 matches will be played in this four-team tournament.
