Pakistan squad for ICC Women's T20 World Cup announced.

KARACHI -- Pakistan national women's selection committee today announced a 15-player squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, which will be held in Australia from 21 February to 8 March. Recent performances in the international and domestic events as well as team combination considering condition Down Under were the overarching principles for the team selection. The selectors have recalled Muneeba Ali and Aimen Anwar, while they have named uncapped Ayesha Naseem in the squad. The trio have replaced Nahida Khan, Ayesha Zafar and Rameen Shamim in the T20I squad, which lost 3-0 to England in Kuala Lumpur last month.

The average age of the side is 24.8, which also indicates the selectors' vision and future planning. As part of event preparation, Pakistan women will depart for Australia on 31 January and will play three warm-up matches against the West Indies on 7, 9 and 11 February. Prior to their departure, the team will have an eight-day camp from 23-30 January at the Hanif Mohammad High Performance Centre...

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