A women’s Pakistan Super League could happen sooner than later, if PCB chairman Ramiz Raja has his way. The recently appointed board chairman is keen to organise such a tournament, as revealed by him recently to media outlets.
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Women’s League Will Be First in Asia
Raja has not provided any firm plans regarding the logistics involved or even when the league is likely to be launched. Raja said that he was determined to launch Asia’s first women’s T20 league in Pakistan. Apart from the planned women’s league, Ramiz also spoke about starting a PSL for under-19 players.
There have been women’s T20 leagues in Australia and England. There was also a women’s competition in The Hundred launched in England in the summer of 2021. The Women’s T20 challenge that has been held by the BCCI is Asia’s sole franchise-style tournament.
ReRepair Job Underway by ECB
miz expressed his views to the media in an interaction following the visit to Pakistan by ECB CEO Tom Harrison. Harrison was there on a peace mission as he tried to patch up things with the PCB. There was an inevitable falling out between the boards of the two countries after England had pulled out of a two-match series in October in Pakistan. The English board agreed to compensate by adding two matches to the five-match T20I series planned in 2022. Raja revealed that the two boards had plans for even deeper engagement in the not-so-distant future.
RaRaja’s Message to Media
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Raja’s Message to Media
kquote>“We talked about [improving the] pathways to professional cricket. In October next year, we’ll launch an U19 PSL. This is very exciting because it’s never happened anywhere else. England will send their U19 players, who we’ll look after. I also have the women’s PSL in my mind. We’ll become the first cricket board in Asia to launch that.”