Bangladesh Women’s Cricket team pacer Jahanara Alam and batter Farzana Hoque will leave Dhaka on Thursday (Jul 25) for the UK to join the Women’s Global Development Squad (WGDS).

Players from seven countries feature in the third WGDS squad, which include world-class players during a one-week tour of England. Both Jahanara and Farzana were selected from Bangladesh.

The squad is scheduled to play six Twenty20 matches including two each against ECB Super League teams Southern Vipers and Surrey Stars.

Pakistan’s star batter Javeria Khan has been named to lead a multi-nation WGDS squad.

The International Cricket Council announced the third WGDS squad on Jul 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).