KARACHI, Pak­istan – Pak­istan se­lec­tors have re­called five play­ers for the eight-match white-ball se­ries against tour­ing West In­dies Women start­ing on Thurs­day.

Wick­et­keep­er Sidra Nawaz, a vet­er­an of 67 One-Day In­ter­na­tion­als and 56 Twen­ty20 In­ter­na­tion­als, has found her way back in­to the ODI side, hav­ing last turned out against South Africa eight months ago.

Mean­while, the rook­ie trio of Gull Fer­oza, Rameen Shamim and Tu­ba Has­san will join the ex­pe­ri­enced Ayesha Za­far in re­turn­ing to the T20 side for the five-match se­ries which will be played af­ter the three ODIs.

Ayesha, a 29-year-old right-han­der, last played for Pak­istan in the T20 for­mat three years ago while Fer­oza’s last ap­pear­ance in the short­est for­mat was against Sri Lan­ka two years ago.

Rameen, a 28-year-old off-spin­ner, played the last of her four T20 In­ter­na­tion­als five years ago while Tu­ba, a 23-year-old leg-spin­ner, will play her first T20I in 15 months.

Tu­ba, who has 21 games un­der her belt and al­so made her ODI de­but last year, has been named in both squads cap­tained by Ni­da Dar.

The 32-year-old leg-spin­ning all-rounder Bis­mah Ma­roof, who has played over 100 games in both for­mats, has been in­clud­ed in the squads sub­ject to fit­ness.

“The se­lec­tion com­mit­tee, in con­sul­ta­tion with cap­tain Ni­da Dar and [the] in­ter­im head coach, has fi­nalised 16-mem­ber squads for the ODI and T20I se­ries,” said chief se­lec­tor, Saleem Jaf­far.

“Five play­ers in the squads re­turn due to their per­for­mances in the do­mes­tic tour­na­ment and good skills they demon­strat­ed in the camp.”

He con­tin­ued: “The se­ries against the West In­dies is im­por­tant for us as the ODIs are part of ICC Women’s Cham­pi­onship 2022-25.

“We are aim­ing to se­cure max­i­mum points in the se­ries, tak­ing ad­van­tage of our home con­di­tions, to en­hance our chances for di­rect qual­i­fi­ca­tion for next year’s ICC Women’s ODI World Cup.

“The se­ries against the West In­dies al­so presents an op­por­tu­ni­ty for the play­ers to show­case their skills and se­cure berths for next month’s Eng­land tour.

“The on­go­ing do­mes­tic one-day tour­na­ment con­tin­ues to pro­vide chances to play­ers not in­volved in the se­ries against the West In­dies to pro­duce strong per­for­mance and stake claims for places for the Eng­land se­ries.”

The three ODIs run from April 18-21 fol­lowed by the T20 In­ter­na­tion­als from April 26 to May 3.

West In­dies are trav­el­ling with a 15-mem­ber squad which will be led by bat­ting su­per­star Hay­ley Matthews.

SQUADS

ODI – Ni­da Dar (cap­tain), Aliya Ri­az, Bis­mah Ma­roof, Di­ana Baig, Fa­ti­ma Sana, Munee­ba Ali, Na­ji­ha Alvi (wk), Nashra Sund­hu, Na­talia Par­vaiz, Sadaf Shamas, Sa­dia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Sidra Nawaz (wk), Tu­ba Has­san, Umm-e-Hani, Wa­hee­da Akhtar

T20I – Ni­da Dar (cap­tain), Aliya Ri­az, Ayesha Za­far, Bis­mah Ma­roof, Di­ana Baig, Fa­ti­ma Sana, Gull Fer­oza, Munee­ba Ali (wk), Na­ji­ha Alvi (wk), Nashra Sund­hu, Na­talia Par­vaiz, Rameen Shamim, Sa­dia Iqbal, Sidra Amin, Tu­ba Has­san, Umm-e-Hani

(CMC)