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PCB Talent Hunt for Women's cricketers to begin on 21 August

  • Trials for U19 and Emerging cricketers to take place in eight cities across Pakistan
  • Players aspiring to appear in the trials can register here

Lahore, 16 August 2025: The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the trials schedule for U19 and Emerging women’s cricketers as part of the two-week talent hunt set to begin from Thursday, 21 August in eight cities across the country.

Players born on or after 1 September 2006 are eligible to take part in the U19 trials, while there is no cutoff date for the Emerging players. The minimum age for U19 players has been sanctioned to 12.

The trials are being arranged to select the next crop of U19 players, who will be mentored, trained and then given a chance to develop in the four-team women’s U19 Tournament in September and October.

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

The trials will begin at Hanif Mohammad High-Performance Centre in Karachi on 21 August and will be followed by trials at the LCCA Ground in Lahore on Monday, 25 August.The trials will be held in Rawalpindi and Peshawar on 26 and 27 August, respectively.

On 28 August trials will simultaneously take place in Mardan and Quetta, while U19 and Emerging women’s cricketers in Multan and Bahawalpur can appear in trials on 2 and 3 September, respectively.

National women’s selection committee comprising of former Pakistan women’s player Batool Fatima and former Test cricketer Asad Shafiq will conduct the trials across all the cities with the assistance from respective regional coaches.

Player taking part in the trials must bring either B-form or CNIC or Birth Certificate issued from NADRA for age verification.

Trials schedule:

Karachi – 21 August – Hanif Mohammad High-Performance Centre

Lahore – 25 August – LCCA Ground

Rawalpindi/Islamabad – 26 August – Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Peshawar – 27 August – Qayyum Stadium, Peshawar

Mardan – 28 August – Mardan Board Cricket Ground, Mardan

Quetta – 28 August – Bugti Stadium, Quetta

Multan – 02 September – Inzamam-ul-Haq High-Performance Centre, Multan

Bahawalpur – 03 September – Women Sports Stadium, Bahawalpur