Highlights
- Pakistan to play England, South Africa, West Indies and Thailand in group matches
- The squad includes young players - Ayesha Naseem 15 years and Aroob Shah 16 years
- Nida Dar played in the recent Big Bash League in Australia
- Schedule of Pakistan team matches
Pakistan team will start their journey down under with its first warm-up match against India. The match will be played in Brisbane coming Sunday.
Pakistan’s cricket team captain Bismah Maroof is hopeful the team will do well with new and experienced players.
“I am really excited to lead the team in the World Cup. The players are looking forward to an amazing World Cup.”
Bismah who has led Pakistan in 36 T20Is and scored more than 2,000 runs says that in the last two years, the team has overall grown a lot.
“We have been playing good cricket since a while and would like to continue the same and get good results in the World Cup.
“Javeria and Nida are two of our experienced players who have played a few World Cups.”
Nida’s experience in the recent Big Bash League in Australia will be really helpful for us.
Nida Dar celebrating a wicket in Big Bash League. Source: AAp/JOEL CARRETT
Pakistan Women’s T20 World Cup Schedule
Warm-up matches:
Pakistan vs India
Sun 16 February 15:00 (AEDT)
Allan Border Field, Brisbane
Pakistan vs Bangladesh
Thu 20 February 11:00 (AEDT)
Allan Border Field, Brisbane
Group matches:
Pakistan vs West Indies
Wed 26 February 19:00 (AEDT)
Manuka Oval, Canberra
Pakistan vs England
Fri 28 February 19:00 (AEDT)
Manuka Oval, Canberra
South Africa vs Pakistan
Sun 01 March 15:00 (AEDT)
Sydney Showground, Sydney
Pakistan vs Thailand
Tue 03 March 15:00 (AEDT)
Sydney Showground, Sydney
Pakistan's Diana Baig displays a thumbs up symbol during the ICC Women's World Cup 2017 Source: Ap/Rui Vieira
Semi-final
Thu 05 March 15:00 (AEDT)
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Thu 05 March 19:00 (AEDT)
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Final
Sun 08 March 18:00 (AEDT)
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
