{"id":8294,"date":"2021-01-11T09:16:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T09:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/?p=8294"},"modified":"2021-01-11T09:16:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T09:16:44","slug":"pakistan-womens-cricket-squad-clears-covid-19-tests-before-leaving-for-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/2021\/01\/11\/pakistan-womens-cricket-squad-clears-covid-19-tests-before-leaving-for-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan women\u2019s cricket squad clears COVID-19 tests before leaving for South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-area\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.geo.tv\/latest\/329255-womens-national-cricket-team\">\n<ul>\n<li><b>All the 24 members of the Pakistan women&#8217;s cricket squad have tested negative for coronavirus\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>The team will depart for their South Africa tour today, January 11<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>The team is set to play three One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals during the tour<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>KARACHI: All the 24 members of the Pakistan women&#8217;s cricket squad, comprised of 17 players and seven officials, have cleared the pre-departure COVID-19 testing before leaving for South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s team will depart for Durban, South Africa today, January 11.<\/p>\n<p>The team will play three One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals during the tour.<\/p>\n<p>In a virtual press conference before the tour, Pakistan captain Javeria Khan said that she is very happy about the revival of women&#8217;s international cricket, adding that the team is excited about going to South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8220;the series against South Africa is very important for us as it will be helpful in the World Cup Qualifying Round&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Javeria added that the team is prepared well under the supervision of a foreign coach.<\/p>\n<p>Replying to a question, the skipper said that the 17-member squad is enough for the series of three ODI and three T20Is. &#8220;There is no need of a big squad for the short tour&#8221;, she said.<\/p>\n<p>Javeria said that there is no additional pressure of captaincy on her, adding that it is a mere responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>She said that Bismah Maroof will be missed as there is no substitute for a senior.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There must be a women&#8217;s cricket league and I&#8217;m sure the PCB is working on that,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All the 24 members of the Pakistan women&#8217;s cricket squad have tested negative for coronavirus\u00a0 The team will depart for their South Africa tour today, January 11 The team is set to play three One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals during the tour KARACHI: All the 24 members of the Pakistan women&#8217;s cricket squad, comprised [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8296,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8294\/revisions\/8296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailykashmirpost.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}