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Skills 2 Shine Program for Girls commences in Rawalpindi and Peshawar

  • The program encourages U17 girls to showcase their talent
  • Skills to Shine Program to run across five zones in the country

Lahore, January 26: The Pakistan Cricket Board Women’s Wing is running its Skills 2 Shine Program for women cricket under the Vision 2022, Game Development Strategy.

The phase wise inauguration of Skills 2 Shine Program – Under 17 Academy across five zones in Pakistan has started with Rawalpindi and Peshawar currently running camps for talented girls who were selected from the two zones after extensive trials last year.

The camps in the two zones began on January 23 while the programs in Lahore, Karachi and Multan will commence from the first week of February.

The Game Development Strategy focuses not only on increasing participation levels in women cricket by engaging educational institutes and exploring talent in untapped areas, but also to ensure provision of high quality coaching embedded with elements of skill development and fitness.

Skills 2 Shine U17 Program:

The Skills to Shine U17 program is a grassroots skill development and enhancement program that has been initiated to provide a platform to identify new talent targeting and foster them into learning cricketing skills.

Trials at the U17 level for Skills 2 Shine Program:

To selected a total of 25 aspiring and talented players from across Pakistan trials were conducted at Karachi, Quetta, Multan, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Peshawar Zones and surrounding areas.

Dates

Zones

Areas Covered

16th – 24th November 2018

Peshawar Zone

Abbottabad, Mansehra, Mardan, Haripur, Swabi, Nowshera, Charsadda and Peshawar

17th – 20th November 2018

Karachi Zone

Hyderabad, Nawabshah, Larkana, Sukkur, Benazirabad

23rd November 2018

Karachi Zone

Karachi

19th – 23rd November 2018

Multan Zone

Rahimyar Khan, Rajanpur, Khanewal, Vehari, Bahawalpur, Bahawalnagar, Pakpattan, Muzaffargarh, Layyah, Sahiwal, Okara, Multan, DG Khan & Lodhran

19th -23rd November 2018

Lahore Zone

Gujranwala, Sialkot, Faisalabad, Sargodha

4th -5th December 2018

Lahore Zone

Lahore

22nd – 24th November 2018

Rawalpindi Zone

Wah Cantt, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Mirpur

Overall 1103 players turned up for the trials, out of which 130 were shortlisted to undergo 15 days training program at 5 zonal academies.

Selection Process:

The trials were organized and coordinated by the staff posted at each zone. The committee for selection comprised of the member from the national selection committee and the head coach for each zone. The following are the zones assigned to each selector for U17 Trials:

SN

Areas

Selector Assignment

1

Karachi Zone (Interior Sindh & Quetta)

Mr. Jalal Uddin (Chief Selector)

2

Peshawar and Rawalpindi Zones

Mr. Akhtar Sarfaraz (Selector)

3

Multan and Lahore Zones

Ms. Asmavia Iqbal (Selector)

Skills 2 Shine – U17 Academies:

The Skills 2 Shine U17 Academies are now commencing at 5 zonal academies i.e. Karachi, Multan, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.

The selected girls from across Pakistan will be going through skills, fitness and athlete development training sessions. Each academy will not only be embedded with the elements of technical, tactical, mental, physical and game skills but will also feature educational sessions pertaining to player's conduct, anti-corruption, anti-doping, nutrition, fitness and motivation/sports psychology etc.

The camp officials will include coaching and fitness staff, manager and physiotherapist.

Following is the schedule for the Five Zonal Academies:          

S.No.

Academy

Academy Dates

Academy Venue

1

Rawalpindi Zone

23rd January – 6th February 2019

Rawalpindi Stadium

2

Peshawar Zone

23rd January – 6th February 2019

Rawalpindi Stadium

3

Lahore Zone

1st – 15th February 2019

Lahore Country Club, Muridke

4

Karachi Zone

5th – 19th February 2019

High Performance Center, Karachi

5

Multan Zone

5th – 19th February 2019

High Performance Center, Multan

Shortlisted Players – U17 Zonal Academies

Annex - A

Skills 2 Shine U-17 Academy Selected Players – Rawalpindi Zone

S.No

Names

City

1

Fajar Naveed

Rawalpindi

2

Aima Saleem

Rawalpindi

3

Zahra Hussain

Islamabad

4

Iqra Noor

Islamabad

5

Kashaf Malik

Islamabad

6

Fatima Sayeed

Islamabad

7

Farzana Farooq

Wah Cantt

8

Erum Khalid

Islamabad

9

Areeba Binte Rafeeq

Islamabad

10

Kusar Naseer

Islamabad

11

Hamra Bibi

Islamabad

12

Nomaira Aftaab

Islamabad

13

Haleema Sadia

Islamabad

14

Zaeema

Islamabad

15

Wahiba Manan

Islamabad

16

Malika Amjad

Rawalpindi

17

Maryum Bilal

Islamabad

18

Hamna Bilal

Rawalpindi

19

Abeera Mehmood

Jhelum

20

Jamia Rauoof

Islamabad

21

Laiba Arshaad

Rawalpindi

22

Rida Aslam

Mirpur AJK

23

Asyia Ali

Islamabad

Skills 2 Shine U-17 Academy Selected Players – Peshawar Zone

U17 Academy - Peshawar Zone

S.NO

Name

City

1

Ayesha Naseem

Abbottabad

2

Hira Afsar Jan

Peshawar

3

Bakhtawar

Peshawar

4

Uzaima Amin

Peshawar

5

Tehzeeb

Swabi

6

Maria

Peshawar

7

Mahnoor Aftab

Peshawar

8

Zaib un Nissa

Charsadda

9

Nayab

Mardan

10

Alishba Bibi

Charsadda

11

Ayesha

Charsadda

12

Iqra Khan

Charsadda

13

Hasnat

Charsadda

14

Sadaf Jadoon

Abbottabad

15

Isra Qasim

Abbottabad

16

Ismat Mohmand

Kohat

17

Urooj Ali

Mardan

18

Zaib un Nissa

Mardan

19

Faryal

Haripur

20

Syeda Muskan

Haripur

21

Hina

Mardan

22

Momina Riasat

Haripur

23

Mahnoor Qayum

Abbottabad

24

Salma Batool

Abbottabad

25

Humaira Javed

Abbottabad

Skills 2 Shine U-17 Academy Selected Players – Lahore Zone

Sr. #

Name

City

1

Khush Bakht

Lahore

2

Laiba Shahid

Lahore

3

Izam Sohat

Lahore

4

Muqaddas Azhar

Lahore

5

Fatima But

Lahore

6

Fatima khan

Lahore

7

Laveeza Munir

Lahore

8

Gul Rukh

Lahore

9

Mahjabeen

Lahore

10

Nida  Nadeem

Lahore

11

Neeha  Naeem

Lahore

12

Sabiqa Mustafa

Lahore

13

Sabahat  Saeed

Lahore

14

Mutaiba

Lahore

15

Javeria Khan

Lahore

16

Noor Saha

Lahore

17

Amina Waris

Lahore

18

Taiba Zulafqar

Lahore

19

Arooba  Ashraf

Lahore

20

Aleeha Javed

Lahore

21

Ayesha Shehbaz

Lahore

22

Anam Fatima

Lahore

23

Bismah Ashar

Lahore

24

Kashaf  Fateh Khan

Lahore

25

Maryam Ahmad

Lahore

Skills 2 Shine U-17 Academy Selected Players – Karachi Zone

S.NO

NAME

City

01

ALISHBA ASHRAF

Karachi

02

ALIZA SABIR

Karachi

03

ANUSHA NASIR

Karachi

04

ARIJAH HASEEB

Karachi

05

AROOB SHAH

Karachi

06

ASIFA HUSSAIN

Karachi

07

BISMA AMJAD

Karachi

08

EMAN ADEEL

Karachi

09

EMAN HAIDER

Hyderabad

10

ESHA ALI

Hyderabad

11

ESHA NADEEM

Karachi

12

FATIMA SANA

Karachi

13

FIZA JAMAL

Karachi

14

HANIA AHMER

Karachi

15

HANIA ZEHRA

Karachi

16

INSHARA ASAD

Karachi

17

LAIBA FATIMA

Karachi

18

MASOMA JAFRY

Karachi

19

NAJIHA ALVI

Karachi

20

NEHA SHARMEEN

Karachi

21

RABIA AHMED

Karachi

22

SUBHANA TARIQ

Karachi

23

TAYYABA ALEEM

Hyderabad

24

UMAMA ASIF

Karachi

25

ZULEKHA ZARDARI

Nawabshah

26

SAIMA MALIK (QUT)

Quetta

27

MARIUM  HUSSAIN (QUT)

Quetta

28

HUMERA HUSSAIN (QUT)

Quetta

29

NAYAB ANWAAR (QUT)

Quetta

30

ZULAIKHA HUSSAIN (QUT)

Quetta

Skills 2 Shine U-17 Academy Selected Players – Multan Zone

S.No

Name

City

1

Amna Tariq

Multan

2

Malaika Yasir

Multan

3

Misha kaheem

Multan

4

Uswa Sadiq

Multan

5

Rimsha Shahzad

Multan

6

Rozi Sarfraz

Multan

7

Hamna

Multan

8

Tania Akbar

Multan

9

Farah Zafar

Multan

10

Amber Maria

Burewala

11

Maham Arshad

Burewala

12

Jaweria

Burewala

13

Kainat Ahmad

Lodhran

14

Tooba Zafar

Khanewal

15

Zaib ul Nisa

Khanewal

16

Samina Aftab

Bahawalpur

17

Misbah Gul

Bahawalpur

18

Mariam Munawar

Bahawalpur

19

Anam Kareem

Bahawalpur

20

Aiza Khan

Bahawalpur

21

Aqsa Hafeez

Bahawalpur

22

Saliha Gulraiz

Muzaffargarh

23

Kainat Wazeer

Rahim Yar Khan

24

Amna Iftiqar

Rahim Yar Khan

25

Sana Niaz

Rahim Yar Khan