Rawalpindi to Host Inaugural Women’s T20 Cricket League Next Year 2023

Fri Oct 07 2022
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Rawalpindi: The first Women’s T20 Cricket League will be played at Pindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi next year 2023, as Pakistan Super League (PSL) and Women’s Cricket League will run simultaneously.

According to the media department of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the league will be staged in the first quarter of 2023. As many as 4 city-based sides, each consisting of 12 local and six foreign players, will compete for the title.

Women’s league’s final will be a standalone fixture between the top-two sides following 12 league matches and will take place a day before the HBL PSL 8 final. The HBL PSL 8 is scheduled from 9 February to 19 March 2023.

PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja said that he was delighted to announce the women’s league. “This league will attract young women cricketers to this great sport and help our current players further enhance their skills when they will get to share dug-outs with the overseas players. By engaging our women, which form 49 per cent of the country’s population, we will enhance the economic and social prosperity of our country.”

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