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Business Recorder
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Business Recorder
National Women's T20 Tournament round five, six stage on 13th, 14th
LAHORE: The round five and six of the five-team National Women's T20 Tournament 2024-25 are set to be staged on May 13 and 14, respectively. After the completion of eight matches, Fatima Sana's Conquerors are sitting on top of the points table with three wins out of three games. The 22-match tournament will see a total of 10 rounds consisting of double headers, followed by a Qualifier between second and third positioned teams and then the final on May 24 at the National Bank Stadium. Sidra Amin-led Stars are second on the table with two wins out of three games as their solitary loss came against Challengers. The Challengers, placed third, have one win to their name after three outings as their recent most game went right down to wire against Muneeba Ali-led Invincible, who registered their first triumph in four matches. Strikers too have one win in the bag in three matches but are placed fifth due to net run-rate. Fatima Sana is leading the batting charts with 173 runs, which include two brilliant half-centuries (85 not out & 88) batting at no.5 for Conquerors in the first two games. Sidra Amin (171) and Muneeba Ali (162) are placed second and third. With the ball, Stars' right-arm leg spinner Tuba Hassan is joint leading wicket taker with Invincible Saima Malik as the duo have snapped seven scalps each. Rameen Shamim, Waheeda Akhtar, Zaib-un-Nisa Niaz and Omaima Sohail have five wickets each to their name. Among the wicket-keepers Sidra Nawaz has the most (7) dismissals, followed by Muneeba Ali (5) and Najiha Alvi (3). In the field, Ayesha Zafar, Nashra Sundhu, Shawaal Zulfiqar and Syeda Aroob Shah have taken three catches each. Moreover, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced that over 4,400 educational institutions have marked their interest to take part in the PCB Talent Hunt Programme ended on 10th May. A total of 2,939 Schools, 1,474 Colleges and 58 Women's Colleges have registered for the first of its kind PCB Talent Hunt Programme. In the next process the PCB will scrutinise the registered educational institutions and then move forward towards the player registration process. Among the Women's Colleges, 26 and 25 have registered from Sindh and Punjab, respectively, while five are from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa with one being from FATA. A total of 1,218 Schools have registered from Punjab, 777 from Sindh, 419 from KPK, 293 from Balochistan, 111 from FATA, 103 from Islamabad and 18 from Azad Jammu and Kashmir. With this Talent Hunt Programme, the PCB aims to scout talented men's and women's players across Pakistan and then provide them with opportunities to take up sport as a profession in future. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Business Recorder
05-05-2025
- Sport
- Business Recorder
Karachi to host National Women's T20 tournament from 7th
LAHORE: A prize pot of over Rs three million will be up for grabs in the five-team National Women's T20 Tournament 2024-25, which will get underway from May 7 at two venues in Karachi - National Bank Stadium and HPC Oval Ground. This year's edition will feature five teams Challengers, Conquerors, Invincibles, Stars, and Strikers. Competing in a double-league format, each team will play eight matches with a total of 22 matches slated to take place across 18 days. The teams finishing second and third on the points table will face off in a Qualifier on 22nd May, with the winner advancing to meet the top-ranked team in the final on 24th May. The final will be played at the National Bank Stadium. A total of 80 cricketers will participate in the tournament, which carries a prize pool of over Rs three million. The champions will receive Rs 1.5 million, while the runners-up will take home Rs one million. Among the players featuring, five national players who were part of Pakistan's victorious squad at the recently-concluded ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2025 will lead their respective sides– Fatima Sana (Conquerors), Gull Feroza (Strikers), Muneeba Ali (Invincibles), Rameen Shamim (Challengers) and Sidra Amin (Stars). As part of the PCB's continued efforts to promote and expand the reach of women's cricket, both the Qualifier (22nd May) and the Final (24th May) will be live-streamed on PCB's official YouTube channel. All matches in the tournament will begin at 3pm PKT. Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
Express Tribune
04-05-2025
- Sport
- Express Tribune
National Women's T20 tournament in Karachi from 7th
The five-team National Women's T20 Tournament 2024-25 will begin on 7th May at two venues in Karachi — National Bank Stadium and HPC Oval Ground. This year's edition will feature five teams Challengers, Conquerors, Invincibles, Stars, and Strikers. Competing in a double-league format, each team will play eight matches with a total of 22 matches slated to take place across 18 days. The teams finishing second and third on the points table will face off in a Qualifier on 22 May, with the winner advancing to meet the top-ranked team in the final on 24 May. The final will be played at the National Bank Stadium. A total of 80 cricketers will participate in the tournament, which carries a prize pool of over PKR three Million. The champions will receive PKR 1.5 million, while the runners-up will take home PKR one million. The 19-member squads of each of the five teams will be trimmed to 16 at the end of the four-day pre-tournament camp, which begins on 3 May in Karachi. Among the players featuring, five national players who were part of Pakistan's victorious squad at the recently-concluded ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2025 will lead their respective sides Fatima Sana (Conquerors), Gull Feroza (Strikers), Muneeba Ali (Invincibles), Rameen Shamim (Challengers) and Sidra Amin (Stars). As part of the PCB's continued efforts to promote and expand the reach of women's cricket, both the Qualifier (22 May) and the Final (24 May) will be live-streamed on PCB's official YouTube channel. All matches in the tournament will begin at 3 pm PST.
