LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has named the 15-member squads for the Women’s Asia Cup 2026 and the Asian Games.
Fatima Sana will return to lead the side in both tournaments after skipping the Sri Lanka T20I series due to The Hundred.
The eight-team Women’s Asia Cup is set to be played from 28 August to 13 September at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, with all 15 matches beginning at 7.30pm PKT.
Pakistan are placed in Group A alongside Hong Kong – China, India and Thailand. Group B consists of Bangladesh, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates.
Pakistan will face Thailand on 1 September, India on 5 September, and Hong Kong, China on 7 September, while the semi-finals will take place on 10 and 11 September.
The final is scheduled for Sunday, 13 September.
In the 20th Asian Games, Pakistan is seeded with Thailand and will play them on 17 September in fourth Quarter-final.
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India will play Japan, Bangladesh will face China, and Sri Lanka will be up against Malaysia. All the matches are scheduled to take place at Korogi Athletic Park in Aichi.
Pakistan will face either of Sri Lanka or Malaysia if they qualify for semi-final on 20 September.
The Bronze and Gold Medal matches will take place on 22 September.
Pakistan won Gold Medals in the 2010, 2014 editions of the Asian Games women’s cricket event and finished fourth in the recent most 2022 event.
The squad for the Asian Games was submitted in June earlier this year.
Pakistan women’s team will take part in a pre-tournament training camp commencing from Sunday, 16 August and it will conclude on Tuesday, 25 August at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore.
Pakistan women’s squad for ACC women’s Asia Cup
Fatima Sana (captain), Ayesha Zafar, Eman Naseer, Eyman Fatima, Gull Feroza, Momina Riasat, Muneeba Ali Siddiqui (wk), Najiha Alvi, Nashra Sundhu, Sadia Iqbal, Saira Jabeen, Shawaal Zulfiqar, Tuba Hassan, Umm-e-Hani, Waheeda Akhtar.
Reserves – Tasmia Rubab, Humna Bilal, Maham Anees, Sadaf Shamas
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