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he National Women’s One-Day Tournament 2025-26 is set to take place from 14 November to 6 December in Faisalabad. 

The five-team tournament will be played on a double-league basis with top two teams contesting the final, which will be live-streamed.

Among the five teams, Stars will be looking to defend their title as they had beaten Conquerors by five wickets in the final of previous season’s One-Day Tournament in Rawalpindi. 

Challengers, Invincibles and Strikes are the other three teams taking part in the 21-match 50-over tournament.

The 20-member preliminary squads of the five teams assembled in Faisalabad on 10 November and will undergo three days of training at the Iqbal Stadium and PCB High-Performance Centre Ground. 

The squads will be trimmed to 15 players at the end of the camp.

A prize pot of PKR 3.55 million will be up for grabs as the tournament winner and runner up teams will pocket PKR 1.5 million and PKR 1 million, respectively. Player of the match in each of the 21 matches will get PKR 25,000, while player of the tournament will take away PKR 200,000.

The tournament will see 10 rounds with two matches played in each round followed by the final. All the matches will take place at Iqbal Stadium and PCB High-Performance Centre Ground except the Challengers v Strikers fixture on 22 November, which will be played at the Jawad Club Cricket Ground.

Squads

Conquerors

Fatima Sana (captain), Aleena Masood, Amber Kainat, Aqsa Bibi, Ayesha Bilal, Eisha Naeem, Esha Rahupoto, Farzana Farooq (wicketkeeper), Gull Feroza, Iram Javed, Lubna Behram, Maheen Irfan, Maham Anees, Muqadas Bukhari, Sabiha Noor, Saima Malik, Saira Jabeen, Sidra Nawaz (wicketkeeper), Umm-e-Hani and Zunash Abdul Sattar

Strikers

Nashra Sundhu (captain), Aliya Riaz, Aliza Sabir, Amna Bibi, Areesha Noor, Ghulam Fatima, Humna Bilal, Javeria Siddique, Laiba Fatima, Laiba Nasir, Mahnoor Aftab, Najiha Alvi (wicketkeeper), Noreen Yaqoob, Rabia Rani, Rehmat Noreen, Saiqa Riaz, Samina Aftab, Sania Rasheed (wicketkeeper), Shawaal Zulfiqar and Zaib-un-Nisa Niaz

Challengers

Rameen Shamim (captain), Aleena Shah, Ayesha Zafar, Eyman Fatima, Fatima Shahid, Haleema Dua, Huraina Sajjad, Jannat Rasheed, Maham Manzoor, Memoona Tipu, Neha Sharmin Nadeem, Quratulain, Ramama Nazir, Sadaf Shamas, Sana Talib, Tania Saeed, Tayyaba Imdad, Waheeda Akhtar, Wasifa Hussain (wicketkeeper) and Yusra Amir (wicketkeeper)

Invincibles

Muneeba Ali (captain, wicketkeeper), Ayesha Rehman, Bakhtawar Asad, Dua Majid, Fatima Khan, Hafsa Khalid, Khadija Chishti, Laiba Mansoor, Minhail Javaid, Momina Riasat, Nayab (wicketkeeper), Natalia Parvaiz, Neelam Mushtaq, Rida Aslam, Saba Sher, Samiya Afsar, Sana Urooj, Subica Shahzadi, Tasmia Rubab and Tuba Hassan

Stars

Omaima Sohail (captain), Anam Amin, Anosha Nasir, Arijah Haseeb, Diana Baig, Fatima Zahra, Gull Rukh, Haniah Ahmer, Kaynat Hafeez, Manahil Rafiq, Noor-ul-Iman, Seema Gul, Shabnam Hayat (wicketkeeper), Sidra Amin, Soha Fatima (wicketkeeper), Syeda Aroob Shah, Syeda Masooma, Syeda Taskyn Fatima, Warda Yousaf and Yusra Ehtesham.