Pakistan to launch The
Women's League in March 2023
The Women's League will join the Big Bash League in
Australia and The Hundred in England as women's franchise leagues, but no
Pakistan players were selected in either competition in 2022
The Pakistan Cricket
Board (PCB) has announced it will launch a new Twenty20 tournament called The
Women's League in March 2023.
It will run from 3-18 March, with four
city-based teams building squads of 12 local and six overseas players.
There will be 12 league matches and a final,
which will take place the day before the Pakistan Super League final, with all
games played in Rawalpindi.
It could clash with the first edition of
the Women's Indian Premier League.
PCB chairman Ramiz Raja said: "I am
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.
"The league will feature present and past
trailblazers in women's cricket in what promises to be an exciting 13-match
event.
"This event is aligned to our strategy of
making Pakistan a stronger cricket playing nation across all formats and
genders."
All of the matches will be broadcast live and
some will take place before games in the Pakistan Super League, the country's
male T20 franchise league.
Pakistan are currently ranked sixth in the
International Cricket Council's Twenty20 standings, and have never made it out
of the group stages at a global tournament.
