DHAKA: Bangladesh fast bower all-rounder Jahanara Alam and top-order batter Fargana Hoque have been placed in a multi-nation Women’s Global Development Squad (WGDS) that will play six T20 matches on a tour of England.

The matches include two each against ECB (England Cricket Board) Super League teams Southern Vipers and Surrey Stars.

Pakistan batter Javeria Khan has been named to lead the squad.

Jahanara and Fargana are scheduled to leave Dhaka for England Thursday (July 25) night. 

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the third WGDS squad Thursday (July 25), as part of its continued efforts to provide exposure to players from outside the leading countries and improve the standard of the women’s game. The WGDS tour of England is being organised in association with the ECB. The two previous WGDS programmes were held in Australia (November 2018) and England (July 2018).

Scotland boasts the most number of players with leg-spinner Abtaha Maqsood, medium-pace bowler Hannah Rainey and batter Becky Glen picked in the squad.

The WGDS squad: Javeria Khan (Pakistan, captain), Jahanara Alam, Fargana Hoque (both Bangladesh), Christina Gough (Germany), Celeste Raack (Ireland), Denise van Deventer (Netherlands), Brenda Tau, Ravini Oa (both PNG), Abtaha Maqsood, Hannah Rainey, Becky Glen (all Scotland), Sugetha Kalyanaraman Chandhrasekar (USA). Coach: Michael Ndiko (Uganda); Mentor coach: Laura Macleod (England).

Fixtures:

Monday, 29 July: WGDS v England Women’s Academy (10h30 and 13h30) - Cranleigh CC, Surrey

Wednesday, 31 July: WGDS v Southern Vipers (10h30), WGDS v Surrey Stars (13h30) - Aldershot CC, Hampshire

Friday, 2 August: WGDS v Surrey Stars (10h30), WGDS v Southern Vipers (13h30) - New Malden, Surrey

With icc-cricket.com inputs

BDST: 1755 HRS, JUL 25, 2019
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