PCB reschedules women's cricketers' trials in Karachi due to heavy rain

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) talent Hunt trials for Women’s U19 and Emerging Cricketers in Karachi have been rescheduled amid heavy rain.

Earlier, these trials were slated for Thursday, 21 August, but due to persistent rain, the trial date has been changed.

“The rescheduled trials are set to take place on Tuesday, 2 September 2025, at the Hanif Mohammad High-Performance Centreِ,” the PCB said in a statement.

“The trials schedule for the rest of the country remains the same,” the cricket board added.

According to the cricket board’s press release, players born on or after September 1, 2006, are eligible to participate in the U19 trials, while there is no cutoff date for the Emerging players.

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The minimum age for U19 players has been sanctioned to 12.

The U-19 trials are being conducted to select the next set of youth players, who will be nurtured for the future.

Following the conclusion of that tournament a Pakistan U19 squad will also be assembled which is scheduled to tour Bangladesh later this year.

The 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.

The Players participating in the trials must bring either a B-form, CNIC, or a Birth Certificate issued by NADRA for age verification.

Updated Schedule for PCB Talent Hunt Programme :

25 August LCCA ground, Lahore

26 August Rawalpindi cricket stadium, Rawalpindi

27 August Qayyum Stadium, Peshawar

28 August, Mardan board cricket ground, Mardan

28 August Bugti Stadium, Quetta

2 September Inzamam-ul-Haq High-Performance Centre, Multan

2 September, Hanif Mohammad High-Performance Centre, Karachi

3 September Women’s Sports Stadium, Bahawalpur

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