KARACHI, Oct 25: Pakistan women cricket team will have a new coach and manager when the side makes its next international appearance in the ICC Women’s World Cup Qualifier (WWCQ) 2011 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, next month.

Dawn learned on Tuesday that Mohtasim Rashid will be taking over from coach Mansoor Rana while Shahid Aslam will replace manager Ayesha Ashhar despite the team’s playing consistently while bringing results including the gold medal in the Asian Games inaugural Twenty20 cricket event in Guangzhou, China, last year.

Asked the reason behind the change, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Women’s Wing Manager Ayesha Ashhar remained vague. “Change is good, I guess. Besides, I don’t really make the decisions here,” she said.

The former team coach Mansoor Rana, too, didn’t have an answer to the question. “It is up to the higher-ups. What can one say?” He said.

Women’s Wing Chairperson Bushra Aitzaz was not available for any comment as she was in London on personal business and is expected back by Wednesday evening.

Preparatory camp for the ICC WWCQ 2011 commences from Oct 31 at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore and will conclude on Nov 11.

The team will leave for Dhaka from Karachi on Nov 12.

Meanwhile, the International Cricket Council (ICC) on Tuesday announced the 10 squads for the upcoming ICC WWCQ 2011.

The event is scheduled to be played across four venues in Dhaka, namely, Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan (BKSP0 [Bangladesh Institute of Sports] 1 and BKSP 2, from Nov 14 to 25.The teams taking part in the event besides Pakistan are host Bangladesh, Ireland, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, USA and Zimbabwe who will battle it out for the four remaining spots at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2013, which will be hosted by India.

World champion England, Australia, India and New Zealand have already qualified for the event by virtue of finishing in the top four at the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2009, which was staged in Sydney.

The teams have been split into two groups, which are as follows: Group ‘A’: South Africa, Sri Lanka, Netherlands, Zimbabwe and USA. Group ‘B’: West Indies, Pakistan, Ireland, Japan and Bangladesh.

Squads: PAKISTAN: Sana Mir (captain), Javeria Wadood, Nain Abidi, Bismah Maroof, Batool Naqvi, Nida Rashid, Asmavia Khokhar, Qanita Jalil, Marina Iqbal, Masooma Farooqi, Sadia Yousaf, Rabiya Shah, Kainat Imtiaz, Bibi Nahida.

BANGLADESH: Salma Khatun (captain), Most Sharmin Supta, Shathira Jesy, Suktara, Rumana Ahmed, Lata Mondol, Fargana Hoque Pinky, Ayesha Akter, Khadiza-Tul Kubra, Panna Ghosh, Sultana Boishakhi, Jahanara Alam, Sanjida Islam, Chamely Khatun.

IRELAND: Isobel Joyce (captain), Laura Cullen, Laura Delany, Kimberley Garth, Cecelia Joyce, Shauna Kavanagh, Amy Kenealy, Louise McCarthy, Eimear Richardson, Melissa Scott Hayward, Clare Shillington, Elena Tice, Mary Waldron, Jill Whelan.

JAPAN: Ema Kuribayashi (captain), Ayako Iwasaki, Miho Kanno, Fuyuki Kawai, Shizuka Kubota, Shizuka Miyaji, Ayako Nakayama, Kurumi Ota, Yuko Saito, Atsuko Suda, Mariko Yamamoto, Mai Yanagida, Kanae Yanagisawa, Yuka Yoshida.

NETHERLANDS: Helmien Rambaldo (captain), Caroline de Groot, Denise Hannema, Esther Lanser, Esther de Lange, Jolet Hartenhof, Kerryanne Tomlinson, Laura Brouwers, Leonie Bennett, Marijn Nijman, Maxime Entrop, Miranda Veringmeier, Hannah Hofman, Mariska Kornet.

SOUTH AFRICA: Cri-zelda Brits (captain), Trisha Chetty, Dinesha Devarain, Mignon du Preez, Shandre Fritz, Shabnim Ismail, Marizanne Kapp, Masabata Klaas, Sunette Loubser, Kirstie Thomson, Chloe Tryon, Yolandi van der Westhuizen, Dane van Niekerk, Moseline Daniels.

SRI LANKA: Dilani Manodara (captain), Shashikala Siriwardena, Chamari Polgampala, Suvini de Alwis, Udeshika Prabodani, Inoka Galagedara, Sadamali Dolawatta, Oshadi Ranasinghe, Eshani Lokusuriya, Chamari Athapaththu, Sharina Ravikumar, Prasadini Weerakoddy, Yashoda Mendis; Sripali Weerakoddy.

USA: Doris Francis (captain), Samantha Ramautar, Erica Rendler, Joan Serrano, Claudine Beckford, Shebani Bhaskar, Anahita Arora, Delkash Shahriarian, Akshatha Rao, Sara Farooq, Grace Chadderton-Richards, Nadia Gruny, Durga Das, Ritu Bhargava.

WEST INDIES: Merissa Aguilleira (captain), Shaquana Quintyne, Kycia Knight, Shakera Selman, Deandra Dottin, Pearl Etienne, Juliana Nero, Stafanie Taylor, Shanel Daley, Anisa Mohammed, Stacy-Ann King, Britney Cooper, Shermaine Campbelle, Subrina Munroe.

ZIMBABWE: Sharne Meyers (captain), Julia Chibhabha, Precious Marange, Ashley Ndiraya, Sharyce Saili, Modester Mupachikwa, Pellagia Mujaji, Nonhlanhla Nyathi, Sinikiwe Mpofu, Thandolwenkosi Mlilo, Christabel Chatonzwa, Sarah Dambanevana, Audrey Mazvishaya, Loreen Tshuma.