Pakistan women cricketers to spend a day at Military Academy

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has organised a 16-day-long High Performance Condition Camp for women players for the upcoming cricketing season in Abbottabad.

The purpose of the camp – which runs from 16-31 August – is to prepare the players for the upcoming domestic and international assignments.

As per PCB, the female players will also spend a day at the Military Academy Kakul (28 August). Other than the regular Pakistan players, youngsters invited to the camp will get the opportunity to stake a claim for selection in the Pakistan ‘A’ squad that tours Sri Lanka in October.

The camp will also help the coaching staff as they bid to prepare strong senior and ‘A’ teams for the forthcoming commitments.

“It’s important that we identify our top 30 players at the start of the season. We are holding this camp to work on our skills in all three departments of the game,” said Chief Selector Urooj Mumtaz.

“We have selected some junior players who can help form the ‘A’ team that will tour Sri Lanka in October. We will also focus on the players who are in contention for the national team’s series against the Bangladesh team.”

The following players will take part in the High Performance Conditioning Camp:

Aliya Riaz, Aroob Shah, Ayesha Naz, Ayesha Zafar, Bibi Nahida, Bismah Maroof, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana,Huraina Sajjad, Iram Javed, , Javeria Wadood, Jaweria Rauf, Kainat Imtiaz, Kaynat Hafeez, Maham Tariq, Muneeba Ali, Najiha Alvi, Nashra Sundhu, Natalia Parvaiz, Nida Rashid, Omaima Sohail, Rameen Shamim, Saba Nazir, Sadia Iqbal, Sana Mir, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz, Soha Fatima, Tuba Hassan, Waheeda Akhtar.