Marina, Sana, Urooj excited for Women's League exhibition matches.

RAWALPINDI -- The three Women's League exhibition matches are all set to take place at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on 8, 10 and 11 March with 10 foreign players from seven countries to feature in the T20 matches. Women's matches will start at 2pm and will be followed by the men's matches at 7pm.

Bismah Maroof will captain Amazons, which include Ireland's Laura Delany, England's trio of Lauren Winfield-Hill, Maia Bouchier and Tammy Beaumont, and Australia's Tess Flintoff. Nida Dar will lead Super Women, which will comprise Sri Lanka's Chamari Athapaththu, Danni Wyatt of England, Jahanara Alam of Bangladesh, South Africa's Laura Wolvaardt and Lea Tahuhu of New Zealand.

Former Pakistan captains Sana Mir and Urooj Mumtaz and former international player Marina Iqbal, who are all part of the commentary panel for the HBL PSL 8, expressed their delight on the hosting of the women's exhibition matches next week in Rawalpindi.

Marina Iqbal, who represented Pakistan in 78 matches in a statement said: 'The hosting of exhibition matches is a step forward in the growth of women's cricket. The matches provide a huge opportunity to the emerging players to share the dressing room with international stars. When we used to play, we always looked forward to such opportunities, meeting with the stars, interacting with them and asking them about their skills and fitness.

'It is an opportunity for budding cricketers to play alongside top cricketers, learn from them, compete with them and also see where they stand in the game.'

Sana Mir, who represented Pakistan in 226 international matches, said: 'I am really excited as this is the first time exhibition matches are taking place for the women's league. This will provide an opportunity to the women cricketers to come forward and showcase their skills.

'These exhibition matches are very important for the local players to know and understand the requirements of the modern day cricket, what international players are doing, how they can improve their skill-set and how they can perform in the pressure situations.

'The league at home will not only help players to improve their game, but it also gives them a chance to get selected in foreign leagues.'

Urooj Mumtaz, who played for Pakistan in 48 international matches from 2004 to 2010, said: 'These exhibition...