LAHORE: England women’s national cricket team will tour Pakistan in October along with their men’s side for two Twenty20 matches and three One-Day Internationals in Karachi.
England women will play the two T20Is as double-headers alongside their men’s team on 14 and 15 October, while the ODIs will be played on 18, 20 and 22 October. The National Stadium will host all five fixtures.
Unlike the men’s side, who will be returning to Pakistan for the first time since 2005, this will be the 50-over world champions’ maiden tour to Pakistan.
Pakistan and England last played in a Group-B ICC Women’s World T20 2020 match, which England won by 42 runs. In December 2019, Pakistan hosted England in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in the ICC Women’s Championship 2017-2020 with England winning the ODI series 2-0 and T20I series 3-0.
PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan the World Champion’s first-ever tour to Karachi is an extremely powerful and strong announcement for Pakistan, women’s cricketers as well as for the global sport.
He said the three ODIs against the world champions will assist the Pakistan women’s side to access, gauge and fine-tune their ICC Women’s World Cup 2022 preparations as they aim to improve their performances.
He expressed hope that like England men’s side, the women’s tour will open up opportunities for future tours that will further contribute in promoting women’s cricket in Pakistan and helping the national side to narrow the gap with the leading nations.
ECB Managing Director of Women’s Cricket Clare Connor said she was absolutely delighted to be making this historic announcement as the England Women’s cricket team has never toured Pakistan before.
She said the cricket tour will provide a valuable competitive opportunity to both teams and should also serve as another powerful and positive message for more women and girls to derive empowerment through the sport.
