PAK Women Tour AUS Women 2026: Day-1 Preview & XI

If you're tuning in for the first T20I of Pakistan Women's 2026 tour of Australia, the toss is at 18:30 AEDT and first ball is at 19:00 AEDT (13:30 IST). Bellerive Oval, Hobart hosts the opener under lights, with Fox Cricket and Kayo carrying the live feed in Australia and PTV Sports in Pakistan. Bellerive is a quick-tempo women's T20I venue with even bounce; first-innings scores typically average 145, and chasing has won 5 of the last 8 women's T20Is at the venue. Here's the Day-1 read.

Day-1 Fixture Timings

Event	AEDT	IST	PKT
Toss	18:30	13:00	12:30
First ball	19:00	13:30	13:00
Innings break	20:30	15:00	14:30
Match end (target)	22:30	17:00	16:30

Bellerive Oval lights come on by over 15 of the second innings; cool evening conditions in Hobart in February.

Bellerive Oval Pitch Read for Women's T20I

Stat	Value (last 6 women's T20Is at Bellerive)
Avg first-innings score	145
Avg second-innings winning score	142
Win % batting first	38%
Win % bowling first	62%
Avg PP1 score	39
Avg PP1 wickets lost	1.5

Spin averages 5.6 RPO; pace averages 7.0 RPO. Hobart breeze typically favours the river-end bowler.

Pakistan Women Probable XI (subject to fitness)

No.	Player	Role
1	Sidra Ameen	Opener
2	Muneeba Ali (wk)	Opener
3	Bismah Maroof	Top-order
4	Nida Dar	All-rounder
5	Aliya Riaz	All-rounder
6	Iram Javed	Middle-order
7	Fatima Sana (c)	Pace
8	Diana Baig	Pace
9	Sadia Iqbal	Spinner
10	Tuba Hassan	Spinner
11	Rameen Shamim	Pace

Captain Fatima Sana's new-ball spell sets the tone. Bismah Maroof at No.3 is the side's most consistent anchor.

Australia Women Probable XI (subject to fitness)

No.	Player	Role
1	Phoebe Litchfield	Opener
2	Beth Mooney	Opener
3	Tahlia McGrath	Top-order
4	Ellyse Perry	All-rounder
5	Annabel Sutherland	All-rounder
6	Alyssa Healy (c, wk)	Wicketkeeper
7	Ashleigh Gardner	All-rounder
8	Georgia Wareham	Spinner
9	Megan Schutt	Pace
10	Alana King	Spinner
11	Darcie Brown	Pace

Healy returns to the captaincy in Hobart. Mooney moves up the order to open with Litchfield.

Head-to-Head: PAK Women vs AUS Women in T20I

Year	Result
2018	AUS won 3-0
2022	AUS won 3-0
2024	AUS won 3-0
T20 WC 2024 GS	AUS won by 6 wickets

Australia leads the all-time T20I head-to-head 19-1 over Pakistan, the most lopsided rivalry in international women's T20Is. Pakistan's lone win came in 2010.

Broadcast Grid

Region	TV	Streaming	First-ball local time
Australia	Fox Cricket	Kayo	19:00 AEDT
Pakistan	PTV Sports	Tapmad / ARY ZAP	13:00 PKT
India	Sports18 (selected)	JioHotstar	13:30 IST
UK	Sky Sports Cricket	Sky Go	08:00 GMT
USA	Willow TV	Willow App	03:00 ET
New Zealand	Sky Sport NZ	Sky Sport Now	21:00 NZDT
South Africa	SuperSport (selected)	DStv Stream	10:00 SAST

Kayo Australia: $25/month base subscription. PTV Sports Pakistan: free-to-air on terrestrial.

Tickets and Venue Access

Bellerive Oval (Ninja Stadium) capacity is approximately 19,500. Cricket Tasmania sells tickets via the venue portal.

Tier	Price (AUD)	What you get
Hospitality	130	Lounge, meal, premium seat
Premier reserved	35	Lower bowl reserved
General	18	Open terraces
Family pass (4-pax)	45	2 adults + 2 kids
Children under 14	Free	All tiers

Public sale opens 4-6 weeks ahead of fixture. Members of Cricket Tasmania get priority booking.

What to Watch

• Fatima Sana's new-ball spell vs Litchfield-Mooney opening pair.
• Alyssa Healy's captaincy return — she has been recovering from a long injury layoff.
• Bismah Maroof's middle-overs anchor against Wareham/King leg-spin pair.
• Australia's 19-1 head-to-head dominance and Pakistan's "spoiler" intent on the tour.

Weather Window

Hobart in February: 16-22°C, evening cool, light south-westerly breeze. 15% chance of late shower in the 21:00 AEDT window. Likely full game.

For broader context, see the Australia vs South Africa women T20I series 2026 recap Laura Wolvaardt, the England vs Pakistan women ODI 2026 recap Knight comeback century, and the Women pay equity ENG AUS 2026 match-fee row explained.

Quick FAQ

Tickets at the gate? Yes — Bellerive sells gate-day tickets if not sold out.

Family-friendly? Children under 14 admitted free with a paying adult.

What if rain affects the game? DLS applies; cut-off after 5 overs each side for a result.

Where to next on the tour? 2nd T20I at Sydney, then 3 ODIs in Sydney and Brisbane.