Women cricket: Pakistan to host South Africa in first-ever home series in September

LAHORE: South Africa women’s cricket team will undertake their first-ever tour to Pakistan in August/September that will kick-start a busy 2023-24 international cricket season for the Pakistan women’s cricket team.

From September 1 to September 14, South Africa will play three T20Is and three ICC Women’s Championship 2022–25 ODIs in Karachi. With five victories in nine One-Day Internationals (ODIs; three series), Pakistan is now second in the points standings, whereas South Africa has played just one series of three ODIs and has six points.

The PCB said that the South African side will be the fourth high-profile national women’s side to tour Pakistan in recent times.

 “In January 2019, West Indies women played three T20Is in Karachi, while in May and November 2022, Sri Lanka and Ireland played ODIs and T20Is in Karachi and Lahore, respectively,” it said.

According to the PCB, the home series against South Africa will be one of the five ICC Women’s Championship series Pakistan will participate in during the 2023-24 season.