Overview
- Birmingham Phoenix signed Fatima Sana through the women’s wildcard draft on Thursday, making her the first player from Pakistan to be picked for the women’s edition of The Hundred.
- Sana fills Phoenix’s fourth overseas slot after Australia’s Lucy Hamilton withdrew for workload management, and Phoenix performance director James Thomas described her as an international-class pace bowler.
- The deal is at the competition’s minimum women’s salary of £15,000 as reported by team and media sources.
- Her participation is uncertain because Pakistan’s tour of Sri Lanka runs from July 23 to August 4, which overlaps part of The Hundred season scheduled from July 21 to August 16.
- The signing follows Sana’s standout all-round display at Edgbaston, when she scored 55 not out and took 3/16 against South Africa, and it brings Pakistani representation in this year’s Hundred to three players including Usman Tariq and Abrar Ahmed.