All You Need To Know about Pakistan's National Women's T20 Tournament 2023

With the Asia Cup and Twenty20 (T20) World Cup slated for later this year, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has made an exciting announcement, revealing a six-team ‘National Women’s T20 Tournament.’ From format, prize money, and broadcasting details to squads and schedule, here’s everything you need to know about this 17-day competition.

Format: Pakistan’s National Women’s T20 Tournament 2023

The league games of the tournament will follow a double round-robin format, with each team competing in 10 matches. The top two seeded teams from this stage will progress to the final, scheduled for January 31, 2024.

Squads: Pakistan’s National Women’s T20 Tournament 2023

Karachi Women’s Cricket Team

Fatima Sana (C), Aimen Anwar, Aroob Shah, Esha Rahupoto, Hurraina Sajjad, Javeria Khan, Laiba Fatima, Maham Manzoor, Maham Tariq, Masooma Jaffri, Muneeba Ali, Najiha Alvi, Omaima Sohail, Rameen Shamim, Yusra Amir, and Zunaira Shah

Lahore Women’s Cricket Team

Nida Dar (C), Ayesha Zafar, Amber Kainaat, Areesha Noor, Bismah Maroof, Fatima Khan, Fatima Shahid, Ghulam Fatima, Iram Javed, Kainat Hafeez, Nashra Sundhu, Noreen Yaqoob, Sadaf Shamas, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz and Zunash Abdul Sattar

Multan Women’s Cricket Team

Umm-e-Hani (C), Aisha Bilal, Aleena Masood, Amber Maria, Asma Shareef, Gul-e-Uswa, Gul Feroza, Gul Rukh, Noor Ul Eman, Rehmat Noreen, Saiqa Riaz, Samina Aftab, Shahmeer Rajput, Tasmia Rubab, Wajeeha Muneer and Warda Yousaf

Peshawar Women’s Cricket Team

Aleena Shah (C), Anaya Khan, Ayesha Afridi, Fatima Zeb, Javeria Qamar, Mahnoor Hayat, Mahnoor Qayum, Momina Riyasat, Nayab Ishaq, Rahyma Syed, Salwa Raheem, Seema Gul, Sehar Gull, Shabnam Hayat, Sumbal Bibi and Tehzeeb Shah

Quetta Women’s Cricket Team

Saima Malik (C), Anum Amin, Ayesha Asim, Dua Majid, Faiza, Fareeha Mehmood, Humaira Ghulam, Jannat Rashid, Khadija Chishti, Khair-u-Nisa, Khizra Liaqat, Lubaba Sarwar, Nida, Subhana Tariq, Tuba Hassan and Zamar Shafee

Rawalpindi Women’s Cricket Team

Aliya Riaz (C), Aima Saleem Satti, Areeja Haseeb, Fajar Naveed, Farzana Farooq, Fatima Syed, Fatima Zehra Shah, Humna Bilal, Kainat Gulalai, Lubna Behram, Natalia Parvaiz, Noor Fatima, Sania Rasheed, Tania Saeed, Waheeda Akhtar and Zainab Arif Jutt

Schedule: Pakistan’s National Women’s T20 Tournament 2023

DATE	MATCH(ES)	VENUE

15-Jan-24	Quetta v Karachi	Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium
	Lahore v Multan	Ayub Park Ground
	Rawalpindi v Peshawar	Diamond Cricket Ground

16-Jan-24	Quetta v Multan	Ayub Park Ground
	Peshawar v Karachi	Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium
	Rawalpindi v Lahore	Diamond Cricket Ground

18-Jan-24	Quetta v Rawalpindi	Diamond Cricket Ground
	Karachi v Multan	Ayub Park Ground
	Peshawar v Lahore	Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium

19-Jan-24	Quetta v Lahore	Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium
	Rawalpindi v Karachi	Ayub Park Ground
	Peshawar v Multan	Diamond Cricket Ground

22-Jan-24	Quetta v Peshawar	Ayub Park Ground
	Lahore v Karachi	Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium
	Rawalpindi v Multan	Diamond Cricket Ground

23-Jan-24	Quetta v Multan	Diamond Cricket Ground
	Peshawar v Karachi	Ayub Park Ground
	Rawalpindi v Lahore	Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium

25-Jan-24	Quetta v Lahore	Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium
	Rawalpindi v Karachi	Ayub Park Ground
	Peshawar v Multan	Diamond Cricket Ground

26-Jan-24	Quetta v Karachi	Ayub Park Ground
	Lahore v Multan	Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium
	Rawalpindi v Peshawar	Diamond Cricket Ground

29-Jan-24	Quetta v Peshawar	Diamond Cricket Ground
	Lahore v Karachi	Ayub Park Ground
	Rawalpindi v Multan	Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium

30-Jan-24	Quetta v Rawalpindi	Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium
	Karachi v Multan	Ayub Park Ground
	Peshawar v Lahore	Diamond Cricket Ground

31-Jan-24	TBC v TBC (Final)	TBC

*All games have a start time of 11:00 AM PKT, with the toss at 10:30 AM PKT.

Broadcast:

The 10 matches held at the Shoaib Akhtar Stadium will be live-streamed on the PCB’s YouTube channel, while scorecards for all matches will be available on the PCB’s match center web portal.

Prize Money:

The winning team will receive PKR one million, with the runners-up securing PKR 0.5 million. The player of the tournament will be honored with PKR 50,000, and the player of the match in every game will receive PKR 20,000. Additionally, the tournament’s top performers – best batter, best bowler, and best wicket-keeper – will be rewarded with PKR 25,000 each.