PCB Blasters are a Pakistani women's
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
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
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
. They are captained by
Fatima Sana and coached by
Mohtashim Rasheed.
They have won one one-day tournament, in 2019–20, and one Twenty20 tournament, in 2022–23.
History
PCB Blasters were formed in 2018, ahead of the 2017–18 PCB Triangular One Day Women's Tournament. They were captained by
Nahida Khan. They finished bottom of the group, winning one of their four matches.
However, Blasters batter
Kainat Imtiaz was the leading run-scorer in the competition, and Blaster bowler
Ghulam Fatima was the leading wicket-taker. The following season, 2018–19, Blasters, captained by
Rameen Shamim, topped the group with three wins from four matches. However, they lost the final to
PCB Dynamites by 12 runs. Blasters batter
Aliya Riaz was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, whilst Blasters players
Diana Baig
Diana Baig (born 15 October 1995) is a Pakistani cricketer and footballer. In cricket, she plays primarily as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Baig was included in Pakistan squad for the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup and 2016 ICC Women's World ...
, Aliya Riaz and Rameen Shamim were three of the five bowlers joint as leading wicket-takers.
In 2019–20, PCB Blasters also competed in a new competition, the
PCB Triangular Twenty20 Women's Tournament. They finished second in the group stage of the T20 tournament, but lost to
PCB Challengers in the final by 6 wickets. In the one-day competition, however, Blasters won their first title, again finishing second in the group stage but defeating PCB Challengers in the final, helped by 102
* from tournament leading run-scorer
Sidra Ameen
Sidra Ameen (born 7 April 1992) is a Pakistani cricketer who currently plays for Pakistan as a right-handed batter. In June 2022,she had a total of more than 1000 runs in her ODI career,becoming the 7th Pakistani women batter with most runs. She ...
.
In 2020–21, only the T20 tournament was played. PCB Blasters finished bottom of the group, losing three of their four matches, with one abandoned. In 2021–22 the side competed in the newly renamed
Pakistan Women's One Day Cup, captained by
Sidra Nawaz.
Blasters won five of their six matches in the group stage, qualifying for the final where they lost to PCB Challengers by 68 runs.
In 2022–23, the side won their first T20 tournament, beating PCB Dynamites in the final by 7 runs.
Players
Current squad
Based on squad for the 2022–23 season. Players in bold have international caps.
Seasons
Pakistan Women's One Day Cup
PCB Women's Twenty20 Tournament
Honours
*
Pakistan Women's One Day Cup:
** Winners (1): 2019–20
*
PCB Women's Twenty20 Tournament:
** Winners (1): 2022–23
References
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Women's cricket teams in Pakistan
2018 establishments in Pakistan