Heavy Rains: PCB Reschedules Emerging Women’s Trials in Lahore

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has rescheduled U19 and Emerging Women’s trials in Lahore due to heavy monsoon rain predictions.

Trials, part of PCB’s Talent Hunt Programme, will take place at the LCCA Ground on Thursday, September 4.

Earlier, these trials were set for Monday, August 25, but the forecast of persistent rains in the city has forced a change in the itinerary.

A similar situation had earlier occurred in Karachi. The PCB rescheduled the Talent Hunt trials for Women’s U19 and Emerging Cricketers in Karachi for Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at the Hanif Mohammad High-Performance Centre.

The persistent rain caused PCB to change the trial date from Thursday, August 21 to September 2. The PCB has shared the updated schedule after the changes to dates for Lahore and Karachi.

Updated countrywide schedule of the trials:

Rawalpindi/Islamabad – 26 August – Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Peshawar – 27 August – Qayyum Stadium, Peshawar

Mardan – 28 August – Mardan Board Cricket Ground, Mardan

Quetta – 28 August – Bugti Stadium, Quetta

Multan – 02 September – Inzamam-ul-Haq High-Performance Centre, Multan

Karachi – 02 September – Hanif Mohammad High-Performance Centre

Bahawalpur – 03 September – Women’s Sports Stadium, Bahawalpur

Lahore – 04 September – LCCA Ground

Earlier, on August 16 , the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had announced the trials schedule for merging women’s cricketers.The PCB had stated that it would hold trials in eight cities, announcing that they would begin on August 21.”Players born on or after September 1, 2006, are eligible to participate in the U19 trials.”The trials have to begin at the Hanif Mohammad High-Performance Centre in Karachi on August 21. It had announced that trials in Lahore would start on Monday, August 25 at the LCCA Ground in Lahore.

Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board is holding emerging women trials to select the next crop of U19 players. It says it will mentor, train and then provide chance to selected players. The PCB stated that it will develop players in the four-team women’s U19 Tournament. The Board will hold the tournament in September and October.

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