PCB's women's cricket trials

The Executive Committee of the Pakistan Women's Cricket Control Association once again strongly condemns the so-called national trials conducted by the PCB at the Pindi Stadium for the forthcoming IWCC Trophy to be held in Holland.

PWCCA also has objections against the statements made by the so-called selector of women's cricket made on television that Pakistan women's cricket team has no world standing. He also said that the girls are raw and not up to the international standards. It should be put on record that the Pakistan Women's Cricket Team is rated number eight.

PWCCA which is a full member of the IWCC has a bank of international women cricketers who have the experience of playing 28 One-Day Internationals, 2 Test Matches and a World Cup in India, 1997.

PWCCA's five players play cricket in England during the cricketing season since 1997. Three players are honored to be elected and accorded full membership of the MCC at Lord's, England where the waiting period for membership is 27 years.

Above all PWCCA's team beat the Dutch women's team, winning the series in Karachi in 2001.

Women's cricket like men's cricket is not going through any refurbishing. Therefore it is protested that PCB should be restrained from carrying out lethal experiments with women's cricket as it is doing with the men's. The world is a witness to what happened to Pakistan at the World Cup 2003.

Secondly, Ijaz Fakhi not showing up for the trials in Pindi also reflects how seriously PCB is taking women's cricket. How can ONE selecter select 6 girls? Is this is how the World Cup men's Team was selected?

Mohd. Iqbal
Press Secretary
Pakistan Women's Cricket Control Association
17 April 2003