Former National Badminton Champion Tania Mallick has been appointed as Head of Women’s Cricket by Pakistan Cricket Board and will assume charge on the 1st of October.
Tania has replaced Urooj Mumtaz, who had renounced the additional responsibilities in May in order to focus on selection matters only.
Tania holds a Masters degree from the LUMS University and has represented Pakistan in the 1986 Seoul Asian Games and was the national champion in the 1987-88 national badminton tournament.
She has also been working in Punjab Olympic Association as the vice-president since 2010, Punjab Squash Association as vice-president and is currently serving as a member of the Pakistan Olympic Association’s Education and Women’s Commissions.
She has also worked in World Bank Women Development Projects besides working in multinational organizations.
Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) Women’s Wing was established in 2005 and the game of cricket among women has improved in leaps and bounds ever since as a result of PCB’s full and all-out support for the establishment and promotion of women’s cricket, Pakistan women’s team has made great progress at the international level.
The PCB spends a budget of approximately Rs 227 million annually for the promotion and development of domestic and international Women’s Cricket.
