{"id":182278,"date":"2026-06-18T16:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=182278"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T21:58:20","slug":"the-hundred-2027-birmingham-phoenix-announces-fatima-sana-as-wildcard-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=182278","title":{"rendered":"The Hundred 2027: Birmingham Phoenix announces Fatima Sana as wildcard signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content-body-71117507\">The Hundred side Birmingham Phoenix has announced the signing of Pakistani all-rounder Fatima Sana as its wildcard signing for the 2027 season.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline_embed article-block-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/hashtag\/TheHundred?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheHundred<\/a> 2026 players have dropped! \ud83d\ude81 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RGA8Zpq0rL\">pic.twitter.com\/RGA8Zpq0rL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Hundred (@thehundred) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thehundred\/status\/2067578075592962467?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Pakistan captain takes up the fourth overseas slot in the squad after Australian all-rounder Lucy Hamilton was withdrawn in order to manager her workload.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALSO READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/women-t20-world-cup-2026-phoebe-litchfield-ashleigh-gardner-injury-news-australia-squad-update\/article71115291.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Australia\u2019s Litchfield could miss India clash; Gardner also injured<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Fatima\u2019s signing comes a day after she produced an all-round showing on her new home ground, scoring an unbeaten 55 and taking three for 16 with the ball.<\/p>\n<p>She is only the third Pakistani player to earn a contract in The Hundred across the men\u2019s and women\u2019s tournaments this year. Phoenix also signed mystery spinner Usman Tariq, while Sunrisers Leeds picked up Abrar Ahmed to significant backlash.<\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time\" id=\"end-of-article\">Published on Jun 18, 2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sportstar.thehindu.com\/cricket\/womens-cricket\/the-hundred-2027-fatima-sana-birmingham-phoenix-wildcard-signing-hamilton-latest-news\/article71117507.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hundred side Birmingham Phoenix has announced the signing of Pakistani all-rounder Fatima Sana as its wildcard signing for the 2027 season. New #TheHundred 2026 players have dropped! \ud83d\ude81 pic.twitter.com\/RGA8Zpq0rL&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/GettyImages-2282082599.jpg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":181694,"url":"https:\/\/newslink360.space\/?p=181694","url_meta":{"origin":182278,"position":0},"title":"SA-W vs PAK-W Live Score, Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026: Pressure on Fatima Sana-Aliya Riaz as Kapp-Khaka tear through Pakistan","author":"Ajay Kumar Verma","date":"June 17, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Welcome to Sportstar\u2019s Live Coverage of the Women\u2019s T20 World Cup 2026 match between South Africa and Pakistan on Wednesday. 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