The Pakistan Women’s cricket team was shocked with as many as six of their players testing positive for Covid-19 ahead of their three-match ODI series against West Indies Women scheduled to begin on November 08 at the National Stadium in Karachi.
The Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed that the players in the squad will not be changed and the series will also go ahead as scheduled. It also clarified that as many as three of the six players will integrate with the team by November 06 when their 10-day quarantine gets over.
The 18 member squad announced for the series against West Indies Women as well as for the ICC Women’s World Qualifier to be played in Zimbabwe, was undergoing training in a preparatory camp at the high-performance centre in Karachi when the six members tested positive.
As the six players tested positive, the remaining players and members of the support staff also went into self-quarantine to avoid any spreading of the virus.
Pakistan squad: Javeria Khan (capt), Aiman Anwar, Aliya Riaz, Anam Amin, Ayesha Zafar, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Iram Javed, Kainat Imtiaz, Maham Tariq, Muneeba Ali, Nashra Sundhu, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Rameen Shamim, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz (wk).