Pakistan's women cricket team has departed for Zimbabwe to participate in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier from Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport in the wee hours of Tuesday.

Pakistan Cricket Board has shared a picture of the women squad on Twitter before they departed for their journey.

According to a statement issued by the PCB, the team will be joined by their West Indian counterparts on the journey after the two sides played a three-match One-Day International series at the National Stadium, which concluded on Sunday.

The national women’s selection committee had announced a 15-player squad and three traveling reserves for the World Cup Qualifier, read the statement.

Javeria Khan will lead the team as captain in the matches, while Aliya Riaz, Anam Amin, Ayesha Zafar, Diana Baig, Fatima Sana, Iram Javed, Kainat Imtiaz, Muneeba Ali (wicketkeeper), Nashra Sundhu, Nida Dar, Omaima Sohail, Sadia Iqbal, Sidra Amin and Sidra Nawaz (wicketkeeper) are the other players of the team.

The team also has three travelling reserves namely Aiman Anwar, Maham Tariq and Rameen Shamim.

On Monday the women's team celebrated the birthday of their coach David Hemp, the PCB tweeted pictures of the team.