The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the trials schedule for U19 and Emerging women’s cricketers.
The Board will hold trials in eight cities as part of the two-week talent hunt. The trials will begin from Thursday, August 21.
Players born on or after September 1, 2006, are eligible to participate in the U19 trials. There is no cutoff date for emerging players. It sets 12 as minimum age for U19 players.
The PCB will hold trials to select the next crop of U19 players. It will mentor, train and then provide chance to develop in the four-team women’s U19 Tournament. The event will be held September and October.
Following the conclusion of that tournament, the board will assemble the Pakistan U19 squad. The team then will depart for Bangladesh tour later this year.
The trials will begin at the Hanif Mohammad High-Performance Centre in Karachi on August 21. The LCCA Ground in Lahore will host trials on Monday, August 25. The PCB will hold trials in Rawalpindi and Peshawar on 26 and 27 August, respectively.
On August 28, the trials will simultaneously take place in Mardan and Quetta, while U19 and Emerging women’s cricketers in Multan and Bahawalpur can appear in trials on 2 and 3 September, respectively.
National Women’s Selection Committee, comprising former Pakistan women’s player Batool Fatima and former Test cricketer Asad Shafiq, will conduct the trials across all the cities with the assistance of respective regional coaches.
Player taking part in the trials must bring either a B-form or CNIC, or a Birth Certificate issued by NADRA for age verification.
Trials schedule:
Karachi – 21 August – Hanif Mohammad High-Performance Centre
Lahore – 25 August – LCCA Ground
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
Bahawalpur – 03 September – Women’s Sports Stadium, Bahawalpur
