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Javeria Khan named skipper for Pakistan Women’s historic West Indies tour

Top-order batter Javeria Khan would lead a 26 member Pakistan Women contingent to West Indies for a five-match ODI and three-match T20I series beginning June 30. The tour for the first time would also involve the ‘A’ sides of both countries fighting alongside at the same time as the senior members. 

While Rameen Shamim will lead the Pakistan Women ‘A’ side in the List A matches, wicketkeeper Sidra Nawaz will skipper the T20 side. 

"This is a historic occasion in the history of Pakistan women's cricket as for the first time national side and the 'A' team are travelling together," Urooj Mumtaz, National Women's Selection Committee Chairperson was quoted as saying to Cricbuzz. 

The contingent will fly to Antigua and Barbuda via London on June 23 from Lahore. The first T20I, as well as the T20 involving the A teams, would be held on June 30 and the next two on July 2 and 4 respectively. Both the A and senior games would be played at the same venue of Sir Vivian Richards Stadium and Coolidge Cricket Ground during the T20 leg of the tour. 

The ODIs will be played at the same venues as well. The first two ODIs would be played at Coolidge on July 7 and 9 respectively,  while the next two will be played at SVR Stadium on July 12 and 15 before the teams moving back to Coolidge for the final ODI on July 18. The A teams will play three List A games with the first one at SVR and the next two at Coolidge. 

This will be only the third visit of the Pakistan Women to the West Indies. On the previous two occasions in 2011 and 2015-16, they lost the four-match ODI series 1-3. But in the most recent meeting between the two teams in 2018-19 in UAE, Pakistan Women managed to win their first-ever bilateral series against the women from the Caribbean by beating them 2-1 in the three-match series.

Pakistan Women Squad

Javeria Khan (captain, national team), Rameen Shamim (One-Day captain, 'A' team), Sidra Nawaz (T20 captain, 'A' team), Aliya Riaz, Aiman Anwar, Anam Amin, Ayesha Naseem, Ayesha Zafar, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Iram Javed, Jaweria Rauf, Kainat Imtiaz, Kaynat Hafeez, Maham Tariq, Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (wk), Nahida Khan, Najiha Alvi (wk), Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Saba Nazir, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, and Syeda Aroob Shah.

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