Fatima’ replacement, left-arm orthodox Nashra has featured for Pakistan in 77 matches (49 ODIs, 28 T20Is) and she was amongst the four reserve players for the ACC Women’s T20 Asia Cup.

The PCB Medical panel after investigating the injury have advised her a four-week rest.

The U19 T20 Women Cricket Tournament 2022 will be competed by six Cricket Association teams, comprising 84 players, from 13 to 22 August at the Lahore Country Club, Muridke.

Cricket Associations to field six U19 teams as part of the initiative to lay a strong pathways structure

PCB to provide daily roundup of the three-day National U19 Championship and one-day National U19 Cup

Each Cricket Association to field two sides as PCB aims to increase pool of players at the grassroots level, opportunity for the teenagers to stake claims in Pakistan squad for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2022

Domestic competitions in the 2021-22 season are separate to the home international matches against New Zealand, England, West Indies and Australia, and the HBL Pakistan Super League, which will be held between September 2021 and March 2022.

Season to commence with the T20 tournaments, followed by red-ball versions of the game before culminating with 50-over Pakistan Cup

Champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa involved in high-scoring, low-scoring and tied matches; Balochistan featured in three last-over finishes

Southern Punjab’s Tahir Hussain and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Zeeshan Ahmed took five wickets each in the third round matches of the National U19 Three-Day on Saturday