Wasim, Babar to hold interactive sessions with women cricketers

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has organised online sessions for the national women’s team with the Wasim Akram and national men’s T20 captain Babar Azam.

This would help the women players learn from the cricket’s elite and remain focused on the game during the Covid-19 lockdown.

The interactive sessions would be held via video conference calls in which around 35 women cricketers, including current international and emerging players, would be provided insights about how to strategise and approach the game in different conditions.

Wasim would share his experiences and provide an overview of his learnings over the course of his extraordinary 18-year-long international career.

Wasim had delivered a similar session to Pakistan’s male cricketers and a number of emerging team players last week.

The session with right-handed Babar whose stratospheric rise has seen him at the top of the Twenty20 rankings, number three in ODI rankings and number five in Test rankings would be attended by women batters.

Sharing her excitement about the opportunity to learn from Wasim, Aliya Riaz said,

“I have grown up watching videos of Wasim and how he brought laurels for Pakistan with both bat and ball from some adverse of situations.”

Looking forward to the session with Babar, Omaima Sohail said,

“Babar is a top batsman and a session with him will help all the batters to understand what makes him different than the others and reflect on how we can continue to improve ourselves.”

Urooj Mumtaz, the chair of the national women’s selection committee, said, “It is extremely important that the players continue to develop during this phase when cricket is on hold and these sessions are certainly going to be beneficial in that aspect.

“Sessions with Wasim and Babar will provide the players an opportunity to listen and learn from the best, helping them in improving their game.”