FairBreak Invitational 2022: Fixtures, Teams, When and Where to Watch, All you need to know

The ICC sanctioned competition – FairBreak Invitational 2022 is going to take place in Dubai in May 2022. The event is organised along with Cricket Hong Kong and it is a six-team affair featuring players from all over the world. Notably, this tournament is also the first privately-funded tournament in women’s cricket history as well. However, the gender-equality operation FairBreak has conceptualised this and this is also the inaugural edition of the tournament. However, the prize money for the FairBreak Invitational is yet to make public.

When and where is the FairBreak Invitational 2022 taking place?

The FairBreak Invitational T20 tournament will start on May 4 and go on till May 15 in Dubai. There are two rest days in the middle of these games. The final and third-place playoff will be played on May 15. Six teams that will feature in the FairBreak Invitational are – Falcons, Warriors, Barmy Army, Spirit, Tornadoes and South Coast Sapphires.

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90 players from 36 countries will participate in the FairBreak Invitational – 40 from ICC full members and 50 from associate members as well. However, no auction or draft took place as the organisers picked the participating players into the six teams. It is also noteworthy that, no Indian players will play in the FairBreak invitational 2022 as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) reportedly has not given them the No Objection Certificates which is required to participate saying that the ongoing Senior Women’s T20 Trophy, the domestic 20-over tournament will end on May 4.

Where can you watch the tournament?

The tournament can be seen on Eurosport or in India, it will stream on FanCode.

Squads:

South Coast Sapphires: Sana Mir (captain), Shabnim Ismail, Maryam Omar, Jade Allen, Grace Harris, Emma Lai, Elyse Villani, Shebani Bhaskar, Natasha Farrant, Kim Garth, Kary Chan, Geetika Kodali, Babette de Leede, Gaby Lewis, Christine Lovino

Tornadoes: Stafanie Taylor (captain), Sophie Devine, Sterre Kalis, Andrea-Mae Zepeda, Katy Martin, Chanida Sutthiruang, Marry-Anne Musonda, Sune Luus, Sita Rana Magar, Aliya Riaz, Divya Saxena, Winifred Duraisingam, Natasha Miles, Maryam Bibi, Diana Baig

Warriors: Sindhu Sriharsha (captain), Hayley Matthews, Georgia Redmayne, Mignon du Preez, Kathryn Bryce, Shamilia Connell, Esha Oza, Mariana Martinez, Celeste Raack, Udeshika Prabodhani, Yasmeen Khan, Shameelah Mosweu, Shanzeen Shahzad, Bella Poon, Jennifer Alumbro

Barmy Army: Heather Knight (captain), Selina Solman, Laura Wolvaardt, Tara Norris, Deandra Dottin, Henriette Ishimwe, Kavisha Kumari, Shemaine Campbell, Iqra Sahar, Fatima Sana, Rumana Ahmed, Laura Cardoso, Roberta Moretti Avery, Rubina Chhetri, Ruchitha Venkatesh

Falcons: Suzie Bates (captain), Danni Wyatt, Britney Cooper, Marizanne Kapp, Mariko Hil, Theetha Satish, Sornnarin Tipooch, Kaia Arua, Nannapat Koncharoenkai, Christina Gough, Gunjan Shukla, Marina Lamplough, Chamari Athapaththu, Anju Gurung, Jahanara Alam

Spirit: Bismah Maroof (captain), Chaya Mughal, Natthakan Chantam, Anuradha Doddaballapur, Fatuma Kibasu, Shizuka Miyaji, Sophie Ecclestone, Diviya GK, Betty Chan, Sophia Dunkley, Nicola Carey, Sarah Bryce, Nattaya Boochatham, Ayabonga Khaka, Yasmin Daswani

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