PCB Challengers

PCB Challengers are a Pakistani women's cricket team that compete in the Pakistan Women's One Day Cup and the PCB Women's Twenty20 Tournament. The team has no geographical base, instead being made up of some of the best players from across Pakistan. They are captained by Omaima Sohail and coached by Azam Khan.^[1] They won the first two Women's Twenty20 Tournaments, and the most recent One Day Cup.^[2]

PCB Challengers

Personnel
Captain	Omaima Sohail
Coach	Azam Khan
Team information
Colours	Green
Founded	2018
History
ODC wins	1
WT20 wins	2

History

PCB Challengers were formed in 2018, ahead of the 2017–18 PCB Triangular One Day Women's Tournament. They were captained by Sidra Ameen. They finished second in the group, winning one of their four matches, progressing to the final.^[2][3] They lost the final to PCB Dynamites by 190 runs.^[4] The following season, 2018–19, Challengers, captained by Nida Dar, finished bottom of the group, again winning one of their four matches.^[5]

In 2019–20, PCB Challengers also competed in a new competition, the PCB Triangular Twenty20 Women's Tournament. They finished top of the group stage of the T20 tournament, and then went on to beat PCB Blasters in the final by 6 wickets to claim their first title.^[6][7] Challengers batter Muneeba Ali was the leading run-scorer in the competition.^[8] In the one-day competition, Challengers topped the group stage, with three wins from four matches, but lost to Blasters in the final.^[9][10]

In 2020–21, only the T20 tournament was played. PCB Challengers finished top of the group, winning two of their four matches, with two abandoned.^[11] They then beat PCB Dynamites in the final by 7 runs to claim their second T20 title in two years.^[12] In 2021–22 the side competed in the newly renamed Pakistan Women's One Day Cup, captained by Javeria Khan.^[13] Challengers won five of their six matches in the group stage to top the group, qualifying for the final where they beat PCB Blasters by 68 runs to claim their first one-day title.^[14][15] In 2022–23, they finished bottom of the group in the Women's Twenty20 Tournament, with one victory.^[16]

Players

Current squad

Based on squad for the 2022–23 season. Players in bold have international caps.^[1]

Name	Nationality	Birth date	Batting style	Bowling style	Notes
Batters
Ayesha Zafar	Pakistan	(1994-09-09) 9 September 1994 (age 30)	Right-handed	Right-arm leg break
Khadija Chishty	Pakistan	(1995-08-18) 18 August 1995 (age 29)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Nahida Khan	Pakistan	(1986-11-03) 3 November 1986 (age 38)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
All-rounders
Aliya Riaz	Pakistan	(1992-09-24) 24 September 1992 (age 32)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Dua Majid	Pakistan	(2003-10-21) 21 October 2003 (age 21)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium-fast
Javeria Khan	Pakistan	(1988-05-14) 14 May 1988 (age 36)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Noreen Yaqub	Pakistan	(1997-08-11) 11 August 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Omaima Sohail	Pakistan	(1997-07-11) 11 July 1997 (age 27)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break	Captain
Wicket-keepers
Najiha Alvi	Pakistan	(2002-12-09) 9 December 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	–
Bowlers
Aiman Anwer	Pakistan	(1991-09-14) 14 September 1991 (age 33)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Anoosha Nasir	Pakistan	(2005-08-14) 14 August 2005 (age 19)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm orthodox
Ghulam Fatima	Pakistan	(1996-11-01) 1 November 1996 (age 28)	Right-handed	Right-arm off break
Humna Bilal	Pakistan	(2002-10-10) 10 October 2002 (age 22)	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Lubna Behram	Pakistan	Unknown	Right-handed	Right-arm medium
Rameen Shamim	Pakistan	(1996-01-19) 19 January 1996 (age 29)	Left-handed	Right-arm off break
Rida Aslam	Pakistan	(2005-06-29) 29 June 2005 (age 19)	Right-handed	Slow left-arm unorthodox

Seasons

Pakistan Women's One Day Cup

Season	League standings[2]								Notes
	P	W	L	T	A/C	Pts	NRR	Pos
2017–18	4	1	2	0	1	3	–0.593	2nd	Lost final
2018–19	4	1	3	0	0	2	–0.310	3rd
2019–20	4	3	1	0	0	6	+0.634	1st	Lost final
2021–22	6	5	1	0	0	10	+1.200	1st	Champions

PCB Women's Twenty20 Tournament

Season	League standings[2]								Notes
	P	W	L	T	A/C	Pts	NRR	Pos
2019–20	4	2	2	0	0	4	+0.600	1st	Champions
2020–21	4	2	0	0	2	6	+0.288	1st	Champions
2022–23	3	1	2	0	0	2	–0.467	4th

Honours

• Pakistan Women's One Day Cup:
  • Winners (1): 2021–22
• PCB Women's Twenty20 Tournament:
  • Winners (2): 2019–20 & 2020–21