The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Friday that the South Africa women’s cricket team will visit Pakistan for the first time in August and September of this year.
The South Africans will play three T20Is and three ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25 ODIs in Karachi while touring Pakistan.
South Africa will become the fourth prominent national women’s team to visit Pakistan, adding to the list.
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Earlier, the West Indies women played three T20 Internationals in Karachi in January 2019. After that, Sri Lanka and Ireland played ODI and T20 International matches in Karachi and Lahore in May and November, respectively.
First-ever home series against South Africa to kick-start busy season for Pakistan women cricketers
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Separately, the three Women’s League Exhibition games in Rawalpindi in March featured 11 cricket players from seven nations, including three captains.
Nida Dar, an all-around player, will lead his team for the first time in the series against South Africa. With 99 ODIs and 130 T20Is under his belt, Nida is one of the most seasoned players in the nation.
“The next 12 months will be incredibly busy for the Pakistan women’s cricket team and I look forward to the upcoming assignments with excitement and anticipation. These matches will contribute significantly in our endeavors to gain experience and exposure, and narrow gap with the front-runners,” said Nida Dar.
“The busy season will start with the home series against South Africa, which will also be my first series as captain. I am hoping to make it a memorable one for myself by not only completing a century of ODIs, but also assisting the side to collect valuable ICC Women’s Championship points so that we can finish in the upper half of the draw,” she said.
Nida Dar continued, “The team will need to play outstandingly well to achieve this feat as South Africa is an experienced side that possesses a number of quality players.”
“I am extremely excited to be back to play a bilateral series in Pakistan. Having visited Pakistan earlier this year for the women’s league exhibition matches, I was truly impressed by the warm hospitality and the passionate cricket fans. The players were very friendly, it was really great to be there and experience the country,”. Suné Luus, who represented South Africa in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 and participated in the League Exhibition matches in Rawalpindi, remarked.
“Pakistan is always a very competitive and dangerous side at their own backyard, so I feel it’s going to be a good series.
“The ODIs being a part of ICC Women’s Championship is very important for women’s cricket, and we all are looking forward to it.”
Pakistan’s schedule in the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25:
- vs South Africa (all matches in Karachi)
- 27 Aug – South Africa team arrival
- 1 Sep – First T20I v South Africa
- 3 Sep – Second T20I v South Africa
- 5 Sep – Third T20I v South Africa
- 8 Sep – First ODI v South Africa
- 11 Sep – Second ODI v South Africa
- 14 Sep – Third ODI v South Africa
- Oct/Nov 2023 – Pakistan tour to Bangladesh (three ODIs & three T20Is)
- Nov/Dec 2023 – Pakistan tour to New Zealand (three ODIs & three T20Is)
- Apr/May 2024 – West Indies tour to Pakistan (three ODIs & five T20Is)
- May 2024 – Pakistan tour to England (three ODIs & three T20Is)
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