Pakistani Women Cricketers to Start Training in China

Pakistan women cricket team's training camp will be started next week for the preparations of the upcoming Twenty20 Asia Cup scheduled to be held on Oct. 24 in China, local media reported Wednesday.

According to the officials from Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the board has asked all the team players to report in the national training camp on Monday that will be held from Oct. 15 to 20 in Muridke, an area in the outskirts of the country's eastern city of Lahore.

Earlier on Tuesday, the PCB announced the 15-member squad for the country's women T20 Asia Cup which will be held in Guangzhou, China from Oct 24 to 31.

The team will leave on Oct. 21 for China where it will participate in the eight-nation T20 event by playing its first match against Thailand on Oct. 24.

The semifinals and the final will be played on Oct. 30 and Oct. 31 respectively, in the Guangzhou cricket stadium. Pakistani squad is placed in Group A.

The Pakistan women squad recently returned from Sri Lanka after participating in the 2012 World Twenty20 Championship where it failed to qualify for the semifinal and was knocked out in the group stages.