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UP said:
Its funny watching them play.

Awkward.
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Definitely more quality than so many men league games. But so funny guys, much funny wow. I think some of you guys should stick with 4chan and reddit MRA forums, the burn looks obvious
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/T20WorldCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#T20WorldCup</a> final attendance: 86,174<br><br>&#55357;&#56605; The highest for a women's sporting event in Australia<br>&#55357;&#56605; The highest for a women's cricket match globally<br><br>Thank you everyone for making <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IWD2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IWD2020</a> one to remember &#55357;&#56911; <a href="https://t.co/Cpyf7T0gnv">pic.twitter.com/Cpyf7T0gnv</a></p>— ICC (@ICC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICC/status/1236589947139825669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Look at English, Aussie, NZ girls!!!! Do we have any chance to compete with them? Even Indian girls are highly professional and talented. As long as our girls play cricket and win here and there its great but asking them to win tournaments or series win against big teams is nothing but unrealistic expectation.
 
Shafi said:
Look at English, Aussie, NZ girls!!!! Do we have any chance to compete with them? Even Indian girls are highly professional and talented. As long as our girls play cricket and win here and there its great but asking them to win tournaments or series win against big teams is nothing but unrealistic expectation.
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They have been playing international cricket for over 20 years now have Pakistan.
Played 11 ICC Events.
Never made the semis.
They are full time professionals now with central contracts.
Of course it is realistic to expect more consistent results now.
 
Slap in the face for the OP at the MCG today.

He has a Shahid Afridi attitude towards female cricket.

Most club 1st XIs in the UK hardly have bowlers who bowl 126 KPH given he has mentioned that speed in his opening post.

You get the occasional one only, often an overseas player or pro.

But that does not mean the standard is bad.

Have a look at Sarah Taylor's wicketkeeping. That is the quality of women's cricket. Great skills to watch.

126 KPH is still quite quick if you try facing that on the bowling machine. Like a bullet.

Women's Cricket is a standard that amateur club cricketers can relate more easily to. For people who have never played 85mph pace bowling we can relate to those speeds easier.
 
Women's Cricket is going to be played in the Commonwealth Games in 2022.
Men's Cricket isn't.
End of debate.
 
What a sexiest post but not surprised. Good that the OP isn't the advisor to the ICC. Watching women playing all sports at the highest level give young girls hope and inspiration that one day they can do the same. Anyone who doesn't like it don't watch it but sorry to burst your bubble boys women's cricket and other sport is here to stay!
 
SensiblePakFan said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/T20WorldCup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#T20WorldCup</a> final attendance: 86,174<br><br>&#55357;&#56605; The highest for a women's sporting event in Australia<br>&#55357;&#56605; The highest for a women's cricket match globally<br><br>Thank you everyone for making <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/IWD2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#IWD2020</a> one to remember &#55357;&#56911; <a href="https://t.co/Cpyf7T0gnv">pic.twitter.com/Cpyf7T0gnv</a></p>— ICC (@ICC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ICC/status/1236589947139825669?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 8, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Is Women's Cricket sustainable :)))

A lot of your attitude towards it depends on your cultural background. If you are from Afridi's part of the world where women don't tend to get out of the house much, it is perhaps more understandable why you will hold such views.

First Women's World Cup in 1973 was played before the men ever played a World Cup in 1975.

The OP doesn't seem to know much about women's cricket. It has a fascinating history. Now it is more popular than ever before.

Different skills. Different pace of cricket.

Great to watch skills such as:
Flight of spin bowlers.
Swing in the air given the more hang time with slower pace.
Batters using touch over strength.
Keepers standing up to the stumps.
Players now being able to play lofted shots over extra cover.
Fielding.

If he said is women's Test Cricket sustainable he had a point. But the short formats in the women's game are thriving in a way never seen before.
 
I have fallen in love with the women’s game.

Australia have shown the world how to play women’s cricket. Alyssa Healy you legend!
 
BoomBoomCricket said:
Is Women's Cricket sustainable :)))

A lot of your attitude towards it depends on your cultural background. If you are from Afridi's part of the world where women don't tend to get out of the house much, it is perhaps more understandable why you will hold such views.

First Women's World Cup in 1973 was played before the men ever played a World Cup in 1975.

The OP doesn't seem to know much about women's cricket. It has a fascinating history. Now it is more popular than ever before.

Different skills. Different pace of cricket.

Great to watch skills such as:
Flight of spin bowlers.
Swing in the air given the more hang time with slower pace.
Batters using touch over strength.
Keepers standing up to the stumps.
Players now being able to play lofted shots over extra cover.
Fielding.

If he said is women's Test Cricket sustainable he had a point. But the short formats in the women's game are thriving in a way never seen before.
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What are their average viewership? Having a big attendance in final alone is not gonna make it sustainable.
 
Don't look through the prism of what works for you? Women's cricket has been there in England and Australia for a long time. It will only get better this year in Aus the women had a stand alone BBL (they don't get much opportunity in test matchs)
 
OffDrive said:
Women's sports is here to stay, the OP is just a tool.
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Maybe but its really looks funny dont mind me but its hilarious
Did you see MCG boundary for women's final game like seriously at least boundary Should have been the same as men
And then 110kph thnderboults Length balls .Spinners bowling half trackers every other ball
And there is no full swing of the bat whats up woth that ? At least you want to see a Shot thay goes some distance u15 mens can play better then this its a joke seriously
I was laughing every time i saw the boundary rope
 
BoomBoomCricket said:
Slap in the face for the OP at the MCG today.

He has a Shahid Afridi attitude towards female cricket.

Most club 1st XIs in the UK hardly have bowlers who bowl 126 KPH given he has mentioned that speed in his opening post.

You get the occasional one only, often an overseas player or pro.

But that does not mean the standard is bad.

Have a look at Sarah Taylor's wicketkeeping. That is the quality of women's cricket. Great skills to watch.

126 KPH is still quite quick if you try facing that on the bowling machine. Like a bullet.

Women's Cricket is a standard that amateur club cricketers can relate more easily to. For people who have never played 85mph pace bowling we can relate to those speeds easier.
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Nah 80 mph is easy for any Amateur U19 player who takes his cricket seriously even without any foot movement and with the way these women's are bowling you can just Slash through the line without any Problem its way too easy
And Average women's bowling speed is 110-115
126 is the fastest its like saying facing 160 every time
 
Mujtaba2900 said:
Maybe but its really looks funny dont mind me but its hilarious
Did you see MCG boundary for women's final game like seriously at least boundary Should have been the same as men
And then 110kph thnderboults Length balls .Spinners bowling half trackers every other ball
And there is no full swing of the bat whats up woth that ? At least you want to see a Shot thay goes some distance u15 mens can play better then this its a joke seriously
I was laughing every time i saw the boundary rope
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That does not matter what matters is that they are finally breaking out, and pushing boundaries.

Anyway, I have seen men's cricket where they bowl at 120k.

I have watched most of the matches and I was at the MCG last night, it was electric.
 
OffDrive said:
That does not matter what matters is that they are finally breaking out, and pushing boundaries.

Anyway, I have seen men's cricket where they bowl at 120k.

I have watched most of the matches and I was at the MCG last night, it was electric.
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Look it was final otherwise group games were pretty much empty .it was full mcg so it was going to be electric its understandable
No one really follows women's cricket i don't know what our team has done and is doing next
OP question can be interpreted in another way
Even though it might not be an issue for Wealthy Boards but what about Sri lanka windies Pak Bangladesh other boards in which these women's teams are not generating revenues its a loss for board I don't say that women's shouldn't get the chance but its not sustainable thats true
 
The South African edition of the Women's T20 World Cup was on Thursday postponed by three months to February 2023 to avoid a cluster of big-ticket events in 2022 and manage players' workload, International Cricket Council (ICC) announced on Thursday. The tournament was scheduled in November 2022 but will now be held in February 2023. In August this year, the ICC had postponed the 50 over Women's World Cup slated in New Zealand from 2021 to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and women's T20 cricket is also set to make its debut in the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games.

"The Board confirmed that the ICC Women's T20 World Cup will move from its current slot at the end of 2022 to 9-26 February 2023," ICC said in a statement.

If not postponed, the year would have "three major events in 2022 with the Commonwealth Games in July 2022 and the ICC Women's T20 World Cup due to be held in November 2022."

"As there are currently no major women's events scheduled to take place in 2023 the Board confirmed the switch for the T20 World Cup to better support player preparation and to continue to build the momentum around the women's game beyond 2022," the apex body said.

The ICC said the decision was taken keeping in mind the workload of the players and also considering long term interest of women's cricket.

"Moving the ICC Women's T20 World Cup to 2023 makes perfect sense on a number of levels," ICC CEO Manu Sawhney said in the statement.

"Firstly, it will provide a better workload balance for players giving them the best possible opportunity to perform to the highest levels on a global stage. Secondly, we can continue to build the momentum around the women's game through 2022 and into 2023. We are committed to fuelling the growth of the women's game and today's decision enables us to do that over the longer term."

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/icc-postpones-womens-t20-world-cup-from-2022-to-2023-2327648
 
Mujtaba2900 said:
Look it was final otherwise group games were pretty much empty .it was full mcg so it was going to be electric its understandable
No one really follows women's cricket i don't know what our team has done and is doing next
OP question can be interpreted in another way
Even though it might not be an issue for Wealthy Boards but what about Sri lanka windies Pak Bangladesh other boards in which these women's teams are not generating revenues its a loss for board I don't say that women's shouldn't get the chance but its not sustainable thats true
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Lots of good things in life have a cost. And if boards are able to bear them, they are good. Otherwise we struggle and get it done in a longer time period
 
aloo paratha said:
Tickets for the final were sat at around $30 for the womans final, for the mens final the tickets were set at around $150 dollars. Hardly comparable.
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Still shows lots of people spend money to watch it, even in COVID time. Goes against OP's claim
 
BoomBoomCricket said:
A lot of your attitude towards it depends on your cultural background. If you are from Afridi's part of the world where women don't tend to get out of the house much, it is perhaps more understandable why you will hold such views.
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I don't think it depends on your cultural background as much as it does on your actual code of ethics. I don't know exactly about the extent of Afridi's comments, but I think it's important we all remember that there are certain limits that are imposed on both the genders in accordance to our Religion. And I do emphasize on the use of "both", since there are a few aspects of the Men's cricket that needs to be rectified as well.

Empowerment doesn't necessarily mean mimicking exactly what the West does. We derive our values from a different point of view.
 
Final of the Women's National T20 2020 underway.
Why would they schedule it on the morning of a weekday though. Such poor timing. Could have been in the evening atleast.
 
600k views for the opening match of the PCB women’s National T20, and successive matches ranging around 300k. Pretty fantastic numbers.
 
No thread for the women's T20 cup or the final atleast?
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The Basin Reserve in Wellington and the Hagley Oval in Christchurch will host the semi-finals with the latter also set to to host the final under lights on April 3, 2022.

An opening match at Tauranga’s Bay Oval and a final under lights at Hagley Oval are two of the highlights of a 31-match schedule announced today for ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022.

The pinnacle event for women’s cricket will see 31 matches played across 31 action-packed days between 4 March and 3 April 2022 – the first global women’s cricket event to be played since the Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia back in March. The tournament was postponed from its original window in February-March 2021 with the same six host cities and venues retained for 2022.

Eight of the world’s best cricket nations will go head-to-head in six host cities across Aotearoa: Auckland, Tauranga, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin.

Amy Satterthwaite, Richard Hadlee and Lea Tahuhu pose alongside the ICC Women's World Cup 2022 Trophy at Hagley OvalAmy Satterthwaite, Richard Hadlee and Lea Tahuhu pose alongside the ICC Women's World Cup 2022 Trophy at Hagley Oval
Highlights of the match schedule announced today include:

A bumper opening match in Tauranga featuring the WHITE FERNS and a qualifier on Friday, 4 March. Tauranga also hosts the rematch of the 2017 Women’s Cricket World Cup final at Lord’s with England up against India on Wednesday, 16 March.

Dunedin’s University Oval, the home of global superstar Suzie Bates, to host three pool matches, with reigning champions England, hometown favourites, the WHITE FERNS and South Africa on show.

Hamilton’s Seddon Park will host seven pool matches, with staunch rivals Australia and England kicking off the city’s matches. India and South Africa will both take on the host nation’s WHITE FERNS in Hamilton.

The iconic Basin Reserve will host a Trans-Tasman showdown between Australia and New Zealand on Sunday, 13 March, as well as five other pool matches and the first semi-final of the tournament

A massive double-header weekend in Auckland sees India taking on Australia on Saturday, 19 March, before the WHITE FERNS face England the following day.

Christchurch to host the final on 3 April under lights at Hagley Oval on the back of three pool matches and a semi-final.
WWC 2022 scheduleWWC 2022 schedule

The much-anticipated Hagley Oval lights were switched on for the first time by Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Grant Robertson at the announcement, with key Canterbury Cricket Trust, Canterbury Cricket Association and Christchurch city representatives in attendance.

WHITE FERNS veteran and Canterbury Magicians representative Amy Satterthwaite attended the announcement at Hagley Oval.

Satterthwaite said: “As a born-and-bred Cantabrian, it’s fantastic to see the Hagley Oval lights up and running. To play in a World Cup at our own stomping ground here in Christchurch, under lights, would be a real career highlight.

“It was hard to watch the T20 Women’s Cricket World Cup from the sidelines back in March (after giving birth in January) so seeing the match schedule all locked in for the ODI World Cup here in 2022 gives both myself and the rest of the team a target to strive for as we prepare over the next 16 months.”

South Africa captain Dane van Niekerk says playing in a World Cup will be a memorable occasion.

“Any time you get the chance to play for your country and wear the Proteas on your jersey it’s an honour.

“I have been fortunate to have the opportunity before to play at a Women’s Cricket World Cup, but every new time is more special than the last. Every young cricket player dreams of playing for their country at the highest level, and we are definitely looking forward to the CWC22 in New Zealand,” she said.

Mithali Raj, captain India is also looking forward to leading her team to a win at the World Cup.

Raj said: "We have all been through a very difficult year and are happy to be getting back at playing the game we all love. India has been doing very well at ICC tournaments in the past three or four years, whether you talk about the (ODI) World Cup or the recently concluded T20 World Cup, and if we manage to win the tournament in 2022, it will be a massive inspiration for the next generation of girls, as the fifty-over format, is considered the pinnacle for any cricketer. I can assure you the team and I are looking forward to it."

Sports fans across all six host cities will get a taste of the WHITE FERNS action with key match-ups taking place in each city.

The ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 will be the first of two major cricket tournaments across the globe in 2022 – the other being the Commonwealth Games in England.
Prize money for the showpiece of women’s international cricket will total NZD$5.5million, and all matches will be broadcast live to a huge global audience.

ICC CEO, Manu Sawhney said: “The ICC has made a long-term commitment to elevating women’s cricket as part of our strategy to grow and develop the global game.

“We want to build a sustainable foundation for women’s cricket. It is about building a product that fans want to watch, that kids want to take up, that sponsors and broadcasters want to be part of. This schedule takes the world’s best cricketers across New Zealand and can help inspire a generation of girls and boys to take up the game.

“We are extremely proud of the significant progress we have made in increasing prize money for ICC events over the last few years, with the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 in New Zealand having $NZD5.5 million dollars available in prize money, an increase of almost 60% on 2017 and more than 1000% compared to 2013.”

With the match schedule now locked in, ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup CEO Andrea Nelson is excited to see the country get behind the event.

“Our team is proud to be delivering a tournament where Kiwis across the whole country, in each of our six host cities, can really get involved in what is a truly special event. We can’t wait to see the excitement build around New Zealand as we prepare to roll out the welcome mat for the rest of the world.

“Major events like this one are all about creating a genuine legacy for the sport and we are proud to say our tournament was the catalyst for the installation of the Hagley Oval lights. I’d like to thank the New Zealand Government and the Canterbury Cricket Trust for making that happen.”

New Zealand, Australia, England, South Africa and India have qualified for the World Cup. The three remaining teams will emerge from the ICC qualifying tournament which is confirmed to take place 26 June – 10 July 2021 in Sri Lanka.

The eight-team round-robin format will see all teams play each other, with the top four teams qualifying for semi-finals.

A semi-final and the final will be played at the Hagley Oval in ChristchurchA semi-final and the final will be played at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch
ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022 at a glance

Hosted in New Zealand from 4 March to 3 April, 2022
Eight nations
31 matches
6 host cities: Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin
Tournament fixtures by venue:
*denotes day/night

Bay Oval, Tauranga

Fri 04 Mar 2022 New Zealand v Qualifier*
Sun 06 Mar 2022 Qualifier v India*
Tue 08 Mar 2022 Australia v Qualifier *
Fri 11 Mar 2022 Qualifier v South Africa*
Mon 14 Mar 2022 South Africa v England*
Wed 16 Mar 2022 England v India*
Fri 18 Mar 2022 Qualifier v Qualifier

University Oval, Dunedin

Sat 05 Mar 2022 Qualifier v South Africa
Mon 07 Mar 2022 New Zealand v Qualifier
Wed 09 Mar 2022 Qualifier v England

Seddon Park, Hamilton

Sat 05 Mar 2022 Australia v England*
Thu 10 Mar 2022 New Zealand v India*
Sat 12 Mar 2022 Qualifier v India*
Mon 14 Mar 2022 Qualifier v Qualifier
Thu 17 Mar 2022 New Zealand v South Africa*
Mon 21 Mar 2022 Qualifier v Qualifier*
Tue 22 Mar 2022 India v Qualifier*

Basin Reserve, Wellington

Sun 13 Mar 2022 New Zealand v Australia
Tue 15 Mar 2022 Australia v Qualifier
Tue 22 Mar 2022 South Africa v Australia
Thu 24 Mar 2022 South Africa v Qualifier
Fri 25 Mar 2022 Qualifier v Australia
Sun 27 Mar 2022 England v Qualifier
Wed 30 Mar 2022 Semi-Final 1

Eden Park, Auckland

Sat 19 Mar 2022 India v Australia*
Sun 20 Mar 2022 New Zealand v England

Hagley Oval, Christchurch

Thu 24 Mar 2022 England v Qualifier*
Sat 26 Mar 2022 New Zealand v Qualifier
Sun 27 Mar 2022 India v South Africa*
Thu 31 Mar 2022 Semi-Final 2*
Sun 03 Apr 2022 FINAL*
 
Women's cricket has progressed leaps and bounds in last 10-15 years. I expect it will garner further support across the globe in coming years. For those who are apprehensive, my suggestion is to not compare it with men's cricket. That is not a fair comparison. Instead we should be encouraged with the increase in competitiveness in the game over the years.

And those who are raising cultural or religious concerns, please keep it to yourself. Do not try to impose your belief on others, not even your family. I am sure you won't like if somebody having a different viewpoint imposes their thoughts on you. So live and let live.
 
ICC ANNOUNCES EXPANSION OF THE WOMEN'S GAME

On International Women’s Day, a year after the resounding success of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the expansion of women’s cricket events post the 2023 cycle.

More teams will compete in both the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup and the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup from 2026 onwards as part of the ICC’s long-term commitment to growing the game globally and in a sustainable fashion.

The revised formats will give more teams the chance to compete on the global stage and importantly provides Members with a window to grow the game domestically and to challenge internationally as the changes take place.

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Manu Sawhney, ICC Chief Executive said, “We have a clear focus and commitment to an ambitious long-term growth plan for the women’s game. We have been building momentum around the women’s game for the last four years investing in global broadcast coverage and marketing to drive fan engagement.

“The results speak for themselves with the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 attracting record numbers, 1.1 billion video views, making it the most watched women’s cricket event of all time and having 86,174 fans attending the final at the MCG, a record attendance for a women’s cricket event.

“This decision to expand our women’s events builds on these foundations and allows us to give more member countries greater opportunities to compete on a global stage. This means that more teams will also get the opportunity to compete in the qualification pathways for the respective ICC events over the coming years. I am sure these initiatives will go a long way in helping us achieve our strategic goal of continuing to build strength and depth in the women’s game.”
 
From ICC:

The Board agreed to postpone the inaugural ICC Women’s U19 Cricket World Cup 2021 which was due to be held in Bangladesh at the end of the year. COVID-19 has had a significant impact on the establishment and subsequent development of the U19 programmes in many countries and teams would not be able prepare appropriately for a global event later this year. As such, the inaugural event will now take place in January 2023.

Similarly, to allow teams the best possible preparation, the global qualifier for the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022, will also be postponed and will now be held in December 2021.

The ICC Board agreed to allow Members to take up to seven additional players and / or support staff to accompany the squad of 23 to ICC senior events where a period of quarantine is required and / or teams are accommodated in a bio-secure bubble.
 
While I do not watch live matches, I have recently made it a point to watch the 30 minutes highlights while I am having breakfast, lunch etc., and I must admit I am beginning to enjoy women's cricket.

I think my interest is mainly driven by Australia's women's team who seem to be a cut above the rest. I guess it is their quality of play, the quality of cricket broadcast, even the enthusiastic crowd - everything makes watching Australia women's cricket team thoroughly enjoyable.

I think in my mind somehow I am able to not compare men and women's sports. Similar to how I watch UFC fights. I know that every elite female fighter will probably lose to their male counterparts. But that does not prevent me from appreciating these female fighters who are absolutely awesome in their own right.
 
Karachi: Former Pakistan women’s team player Nain Abidi will now represent the United States of America (USA), ARY Sports reported.

The 35-year-old Nain confirmed that she will be the first Pakistani to play for the USA. “USA cricket officials contacted and I am happy to play for them after Pakistan,” Nain told this correspondent.

“Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has also given permission. I am currently in Karachi and training with my coach,” she added.

The USA team’s conditioning camp will take place from April 15 in Dallas, Texas for the preparation of ICC World Cup Qualifiers.

It must be noted that Nain last played for Pakistan in June 2018 against India. She represented Green Shirts in 87 ODIs and 68 T20Is.
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am delighted to announce that I am entering a new chapter in my life as motherhood beckons. I would like to wish the Pakistan women's team the very best as I take an indefinite break from cricket. Request for prayers and support. Thank you 🤗</p>— Bismah Maroof (@maroof_bismah) <a href="https://twitter.com/maroof_bismah/status/1383020044393852933?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 16, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
No untill women themselves start to actually support their own sports they will always be unsustainable. Loom at the wnba. Literally gives away free finals tickets.

The quality of play just isnt the same and thats not being sexist its beinf truthful.

There are clear differences between men and womens sports, the intensity is a lot higher, the skills are more polished and the athletic difference doesnt even need to be discussed.

Who wants to see a layup when they can see dunks. Who wants to see 40m sixes when we can see 100m ones...
 
After the success of the inaugural edition of ‘The Hundred’ organized in a completely new format by the England and Wales Cricket Board for both women and men’s cricket, ECB has started preparations for the 2022 edition of the 100-ball tournament. As per a media report, there has been a significant rise in the salaries of the players following a record-breaking viewership of 1.4 million for women and 2.4 million for men in the 2021 Finals taking the total television viewership of the tournament to 16.1 million. Further, a rise in ECB’s total outlay on women’s salaries from £960,000 (US $1.28m) to £2 million (US $2.66m) is the other reason for the increase.

The report confirms an increase of around 108% in the salaries of women players across the board, also mentioning an increase of 25 % for men. The salary for women last year ranged from £3600 (US $4800) to £15,000 (US $20,000) with a captaincy bonus of £1200 (US $1600) and is expected to reach the range of 7500 (US $10,000) to £31,250 (US $41,500) with a £2500 (US $3300) captaincy bonus and the team purse going up to £250,000 (US $330,000) for the 2022 edition.

The same report shares a statement by a spokesperson for Hundred whose identity wasn’t revealed, “Salaries in the Hundred women’s competition have more than doubled ahead of the second year of the competition,”

“We’re proud to be significantly increasing our investment in women’s salaries, we believe this is a step in the right direction as we grow the women’s game and are committed to our ongoing support of the Hundred women’s competition.”

This elevation would see the highest-paid women’s player earn slightly more than the lowest-paid men’s player and thus reducing the disparity which existed last year that saw the lowest-paid men earning 60% more than the highest-paid women.

Also, this increase may lead to more women participating in the tournament the reason being the Commonwealth Games which are scheduled to be held in Birmingham, England next year that would witness women cricket making its first appearance in the games. This means the majority of the best female cricketers would be in the country and may stay on for The Hundred as well.

With this rise in salary, we hope to witness yet another amazing edition of The Hundred following the success of Australia’s Women Big Bash League (WBBL) which concluded on November 27.

https://femalecricket.com/women-cri...eters-salary-for-the-hundred-2022-season.html
 
Women’s cricket is at an all time high at the moment. Got some great momentum behind it.
 
Fixture list of ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 in New Zealand

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It’s been over two decades since women’s cricket was formally introduced in Pakistan and its women have come a long way. But even today, there exists a lack of visibility of the women in green.
As an 11-year-old in 2013, Fatima Sana's life in Karachi stood at odds with many girls of her age as she spent her afternoons ceaselessly playing cricket on the streets. She was the only girl playing with the boys – they were taller, sometimes faster, and bigger than her.

Little did Sana know that the streets of her neighbourhood would transform her future, as she set her pace playing cricket, the most celebrated sport of the subcontinent.

“I started on the streets. I would play with my brothers and his friends. Everyone knew me around my neighbourhood since I was the only girl playing with many boys,” she told TRT World.

Sana, now 20, is hailed as a rising star and is currently part of the Pakistan Women’s Cricket team.

In July 2021, she was nominated under the Women’s Player of the Month category by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

But Sana navigated several roadblocks to her success.

In a conservative neighbourhood, where gender segregation is seen as a sign of piety, Sana first encountered awkward stares, with many of her relatives and neighbours questioning how a girl can play the sport with boys.

“Women have always faced discrimination in cricket, mainly from angry men who feel that cricket is ‘their domain’ and feel defensive when women prove themselves to be very capable cricketers,” says Dr. Rafaelle Nicholson, a sports and gender researcher and lecturer at Bournemouth University.

Conflicts related to Sana’s gender affected her game, too: Boys did not let her bat, some withdrew from the game if she was involved.

“There were so many occasions when boys would just not agree to play in the team because I was playing as well. But then my brothers would step up and defend me”.

“Since I was hardly allowed to bat because of being a girl, I had to run faster and perform twice while bowling because I was so tiny compared to them."

Despite the masculine appeal of the sport, Sana said she’s lucky to have a family that supported her from the very start of her journey.

Development throughout years

Although women’s cricket has been played since the mid-eighteenth century– with the first match taking place between the villages of Bramley and Hambledon, Surrey, South East England– it wasn’t until 1958 that the International Women’s Cricket Council was formed.

1973 is an inaugural year for the first Women’s Cricket World Cup taking place in England, paving the way for women’s cricket to emerge globally.

In Pakistan, women’s cricket dates back to the 1970s, but its international emergence was pioneered in the mid-90s by Sharmeen Khan and Shaiza Khan, also known as the “Khan sisters”. By securing the International Women’s Cricket Council membership for Pakistan in September of 1996, the sisters made women cricketers eligible to enter the 1997 World Cup, held in India.

Two decades on, women’s cricket in Pakistan continues to face difficulties fuelled by systemic gender discrimination and institutional apathy. Much of the energy and resources of the national cricket board is devoted to developing Pakistan's male cricket team, while their female counterparts are left in the lurch.

“Many people, even today, have not accepted that women can professionally play a sport in Pakistan,” explained Faizan Lakhani, a sports correspondent for Geo News.

Marina Iqbal, a former cricketer and currently the first Pakistani female commentator for the ICC herself “had no idea that Pakistan had a women’s team” in her teenage years.

Even Sana remained oblivious to this detail.

“Getting introduced to women's cricket was an accident. One day, I saw two girls in my neighbourhood passing by, holding a bat. After inquiry, my brothers found out that there’s a women’s cricket team in Karachi and took me to its coach.”

Later, Sana was scouted to play an inter-zone competition within Karachi. After years of grit and hard work, she was selected as a national player in 2018.

Women’s cricket in Pakistan is still under development and growing. For the longest time, “women's cricket was running, because it had to be run”, said Urooj Mumtaz, chairperson of the Women’s National Selection Committee for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

“Generally, [women] teams like England and Australia are miles ahead of the rest of the world in terms of how well developed their domestic structures are,” says Nicholson

“This is partly because English and Australian women have been playing the sport for longer than any other countries. If you look at Pakistan for example, they have only had a national women's side since 1997, so the progress that has been made since then is extraordinary,” she adds.

In 2020, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) allocated 5.5 percent of its budget to women's cricket and 19.3 percent to men's international cricket.

Even when it comes to wages, women cricketers earn far less than male cricketers. “The numbers aren’t clear, but if a male cricketer earns a million rupees per month, a female cricketer would earn 200,000 rupees,” said Lakhani.

Although disparity exists, the PCB is making efforts in providing a proper structure to promote women's cricket.

This year, it introduced a parental support policy, allowing women cricketers to get 12 months of paid leave, and men to get up to 30 days of leave. Also, the chairman of PCB, Ramiz Raja, proposed a possibility of organizing a women’s Pakistan Super League (PSL) in the future.

“Primary change that has happened is that women's cricket now can be called almost a professional sport because the women can make a living off the sport. Finances have come in, there were no contracts before, the girls fly business class, and the quality of accommodation has increased. We are going through the development of the sport, which also came on hold due to Covid-19,” Mumtaz told TRT World.

Lack of visibility

With efforts towards development to boost women's cricket, there still exists a lack of visibility to promote women in green.

“Women's cricket gets fewer sponsors than their counterparts. Regarding equipment, many players buy equipment with their own money,” Mumtaz told TRT World.

“[There is a lack of] public hype and interaction, even though women cricketers have so many interesting stories to share, there is a lack of attention towards them,” said Iqbal.

In November this year, Pakistanis rallied around their men’s national cricket team amid their great success in the T20 World Cup tournament. But many in the general public remained unaware that during the same period, the West Indies women’s team travelled to the country to play a series of one-day internationals with Pakistan.

“We need to value our product and lift its brand value. People, even today, may not be aware of women’s cricket. And even though improvement has been done, I don’t know if many people were aware that West Indies women’s cricket was here to play with Pakistan women’s team,” said Mumtaz.

For Sana, the media needs to be more involved when it comes to increasing the visibility of women's cricket. She says that the whereabouts of women's cricket should be highlighted, live matches need to be broadcast.

“All these factors spark interest in women to play and then to participate. This is what pushes women to pursue the sport professionally in the long run,” she said.

https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/in-pakistan-can-cricket-be-a-celebration-for-its-women-52894
 
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Bisma Amjad plays cricket. She aspires to play internationally and was picked for Pakistan’s under-19 World Cup squad.

But when the pandemic came, because she was a woman, there was nowhere for her to practise, so she dressed as a man to play alongside male cricketers at “gully cricket” – the street game.

“Boys used to play gully-cricket even during the pandemic,” she says. “But the movement of girls was restricted, so we couldn’t play at all. I had no option than to dress like a man and practise with them,” says Amjad, 19, who has bowled at first-class and regional matches.

In traditional circles in Karachi, Amjad hears constant comments such as “your skin will turn darker” or “it is a boys’ game and you are wasting your time. Do a course that will help you after marriage.”

My father took pride in me and used to tell people in our village when my match would take place
Javeria Khan, captain of the Pakistan women’s cricket team
She says that many girls from conservative families or rural areas dress like boys so they can play cricket without being noticed.

“A friend of mine has chopped her hair off so she could go and play without being known as she is a girl,” says Amjad. “Women who play sport have to struggle a lot in our society.”

Amjad’s father supported her and drove her to matches but when he became ill she had to stop playing for a few months. “After my father recovered and I got his permission, I learned to ride a bike so I could commute on my own,” she says.

Cycling brought its own problems. “Men would say ‘look, look, she is riding a bike. She used to wear a headscarf, what happened to her?’” she says.

Fiddling with a cricket ball, she says: “I give my savings to my parents to show that I earn some money. I keep telling them, give me a few months more, I will prove it.”

They have now given her one year to break into the national team or else drop cricket.

The Pakistan women’s team in a huddle during the T20 World Cup match against England in Canberra. Unlike their male counterparts, the women’s team get little support. Photograph: Ryan Pierse/Getty
Amjad was chosen forPakistan’s under-19 squad to play the World Cup in 2021, but it was cancelled due to the pandemic, and now she has to keep playing first-class cricket to have any hope of making the national team.

Cricket is the most widely played and watched sport in Pakistan. But not women’s cricket. Excitement is building for the start of the seventh season of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) for men’s cricket on 27 January.

The league hosts six teams from different parts of Pakistan and promotes cricket, helps male players earn a living and a place in the national team.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has yet to propose a time frame for the women’s league it had promised three years ago. Its chairman, Ramiz Raja, has confirmed that there will be one.

The news has delighted the Pakistan women’s cricket captain, Javeria Khan. “That is very welcoming since it would encourage more women to play cricket,” she says, adding: “Men have a lot of such tournaments where they can show their talents but women do not have such opportunities.

“Here, a woman has to work twice as hard as a man to prove her talent,” she says. “Gender discrimination exists all over the world, but in Asia, the issue is more rampant.”

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Khan says that when the PCB began work on the structure of women’s cricket, players started getting contracts. “When you see incentives in the profession, then you invest for it too. PCB has been doing talent-hunt programmes and sending teams all over the country.”

Khan considers herself lucky to have had support from her family despite coming from a rural area, Torghar, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. She says: “My father took pride in me and he used to tell people in our village when my match would take place. They would listen to it on the radio.

“All families should support their daughters to play cricket and sports,” she says. “Culture is a huge hindrance but we can fight that with education.”

Asfa Hussain, 16, an emerging talent from Karachi, hid her cricket from her father. Her mother used to drop her off and pick her up from the cricket academy in secret.

“When he came to know about it, he became really upset. It was my mother who convinced him to give me a chance to prove myself,” Hussain says.

“The moment I got selected for an under-17 trial it made my father very proud. I am lucky to have my parents’ support and they bear my expenses. We are paid less by the regional teams and get no payment at club level.”

Hussain played for the club that won the Sindh province championship last year. She says: “The game is expensive. You have to take care of your diet, transport, the gym and also buy the best equipment if you are a batsman.

“The PCB has to give incentives to female players. Men’s cricket gets TV coverage, we don’t get that.

“When women’s cricket is shown on TV broadly, only then can we fight the stereotypes against it. We will start getting sponsors too,” she says.

Hussain played alongside the boys at her school and says the state has to invest in girls’ cricket at schools. Khan agrees, and says: “Our main issue is grassroots cricket and once we have hunted for talent from schools, these players can be nourished and trained.”

The PCB allocated 5.5% of its budget to women’s cricket and 19.3% to men’s international cricket in 2020.

In 2016 Bismah Maroof, a former Pakistan women’s cricket captain, raised the issue of the significant gender pay gap with the PCB after it emerged that the country’s male cricketers made the equivalent of nearly $77,000 a year, while their female counterparts made only $12,000.

However, the PCB refused to answer questions on pay and the development of women’s cricket when approached by the Guardian.

Najam Sethi, a former PCB chairman, says: “Even urban families are not inclined to send their daughters into professional sport, forget about rural areas. Now with school cricket dying out – [because of] land scarcity and expenses – prospects of women in sports are not good.”

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/jan/17/pakistan-women-cricket
 
Knowing women's cricket

I didn't know much about women's cricket - records, players, outstanding feat, best and worst teams etc - so thought there may be some others like me.

Randomly checked record of Elysse Perry and found this out:

She averages 87 in tests (9 tests) and 51 in ODIs. This goes with her 33 wickets @20 in tests and 152 wickets @25 in ODIs.

Also checked out Fatima Sana's record. Has 21 wickets @26 in ODIs which is pretty good for a new player.

Another fact: India leads Pakistan 9-2 in T20s. I was surprised they have beaten India twice.
Pakistan women have played 123 T20 games, winning 48 and losing 70. Not a bad record.
Played 3 tests, drawn 1 and lost 2.
173 ODIs, won 51 and lost 123. Hmmm...

This thread is to know a few facts about women's cricket so please do share what you know.
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/60167140

<b>Women's Ashes: Heather Knight the best Test batter says Katherine Brunt</b>

Heather Knight is the best Test batter in the world said team-mate Katherine Brunt after the England captain's superb Ashes century in Canberra.

Knight's 127 not out rescued her side on day two of the one-off Test and dragged them to 235-8 at the close.

Brunt, who took 5-60 earlier in the day, described the innings as one of the best she has seen in her career.

"All-round, the rate she scores if she wants to, even in situations like that, is next level," said Brunt.

"In Test cricket you talk a lot about [Australia all-rounder] Ellyse Perry, but batting-wise she [Knight] is the best in the world.

"Some of the mental work she does and the fight she shows is next level too."

Knight, 31, was already the only woman to score centuries in all three formats for England.

Her hundred in Canberra, her second in Tests following 157 against Australia in 2013, came as wickets tumbled around her with England 120-6 at one stage and in danger of being forced to follow on.

She batted calmly for 249 balls, did not offer a real chance and capitalised late in the day in a crucial unbroken partnership of 66 with Sophie Ecclestone, who was the next highest scorer with 27 not out.

"I have seen some brilliant hundreds in World Cup cricket and a hundred here by [England batter] Danni Wyatt in a T20 [against Australia in the 2017-18 Ashes]," said 36-year-old Brunt, who has played 239 times for England across all formats.

"I have been around a long time and seen many great hundreds but that [was in the] top three.

"Not one person has scored a significant score so she has taken the whole world on her shoulders and dug extremely deep to put a score on the board."

Perry, one of the superstars of women's cricket for more than a decade, took 2-35 for Australia on day two.

Asked about Knight's knock, she said: "It was certainly an exceptional one.

"Essentially she didn't give us a chance. It was super gritty but very classy as well.

"She is a wonderful player and has excelled in this format before. It was right up there in terms of performances."

The day began with Brunt taking two wickets to earn a deserved five-wicket haul.

It came 6,001 days after her first as a 20-year-old, at Worcester in 2005 and also against Australia.

The fiery seam bowler has overcome two back operations to become England's all-time leading wicket-taker across all formats but admitted afterwards this will likely be her last Ashes Test.

"It is a question that goes around in my head most weeks - "what are you doing?"," Brunt said.

"I always say never say never but I do believe this will be my last Ashes Test."

Defeat for England in Canberra would see Australia retain the Ashes while even a draw would mean England would likely have to win the three one-day internationals that follow to take the series.

Despite Knight's century, England are well behind in the game but Brunt insisted her side can still win.

"If I didn't think that I would go home and stay in hotel room and not bother bowling 40 overs," she said.

"Sophie Ecclestone is probably not going to sleep and be in the nets about four hours in the morning to work on that maiden fifty.

"We have come in desperate for a win. The aim is 100% to win and we all believe we still can. We have seen it turn around in a way you wouldn't have thought it would a couple of hours ago. It is cricket and anything can happen."
 
Great test match between England and Australia. I still applaud Lanning for her sporting declaration but England have taken the bull by the horns.

Knight is such a champion a massive hundred in the first innings followed by a fighting 48 in the second innings.

The umpire just warned Sutherland for negative bowling.
 
England need 44 runs of 54 balls and they have 7 wickets in the shed. They should be able to chase this from this point on. What a test match especially given there are only 4 days in women's test cricket and with the time lost in this test already - it is going to be a massive achievement to have a result here.
 
AUSW 337/9 d & 216/7 d
ENGW 297 & 213/3 (39) CRR: 5.46
Day 4: 3rd Session - England Women need 44 runs
 
Lannings' declaration reminds me of Michael Clarke's decision at the Oval in 2013 when he left England about 240 to chase in 45 overs and then panicked when Kevin Pietersen got going. Bad light saved Australia back then, won't be surprised if that plays a part again in Canberra.

Fantastic advertisement for women's Test cricket, mind. Way more enthralling than any of the men's Tests this season.
 
Now Amy Jones goes. I don't get why the English women are going hell for leather. The required run rate is less than 6. It has been for a while now. I guess it is the inexperience of not being in these situations often. The women play very less test cricket and most of them end up in draws - so this is unchartered territory for a lot of the players.
 
Beth Mooney grabs a brilliant catch at the boundary. The set batter Dunkley goes now. That's the 6th wicket. Wait, can Australia win this now?? This is getting really tense now.
 
What the hell is happening. Katherine Brunt goes now. Australia now just needs 3 wickets and England need a further 21 runs.
 
This is Australia's game to lose now.

Wait, did the English women felt bad to one up on their male counterparts? What else explains their spectacular collapse??
 
6 balls - 12 runs to win for England. 1 wicket for Australia to get. All 4 results still possible. What an outstanding test match.
 
What an extraordinary test match. England survive barely by the skin of their teeth but it was Australia who were genuinely in a position to lose this 1 hour ago.

Great match to watch. Test match drawn. But as the cliche goes - it is cricket that won tonight.
 
AUSW 337/9 d & 216/7 d

ENGW 297 & 245/9

Match drawn

PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Heather Knight
 
England Women and Australia Women played out a thrilling draw in the Commonwealth Bank Women's Ashes Test match.

Set an improbable 257 to win in 48 overs, Heather Knight and her team went about pulling off a record chase and with balls ticking away the visitors appeared to have become the favourites - after Knight and Sciver combined for a 72-run partnership.

Despite Sophia Dunkley keeping up the momentum, Australia chipped away and when England had one wicket left, the last pair of Sophie Ecclestone and Kate Cross dug in to see the two teams share the points.

The first ODI is at the same venue on Thursday, the multi-format Women's Ashes series sits at 6-4 to the hosts.
 
A brilliant competitive match between two top sides in the women’s game!!

Much better viewing than most of the Men’s Ashes this year.
 
Cricket is the first discipline to announce its complete line-up for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games after Sri Lanka was confirmed as the eighth team in the women’s T20 tournament.

The announcement was made jointly by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) on Tuesday following Sri Lanka’s victory in the ICC Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022 in Kuala Lumpur last week and the subsequent CGF ratification of Sri Lanka’s entry.

Australia, Barbados, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa and Pakistan have already qualified as women’s cricket makes its first entry into the Commonwealth Games. It will only be the second time that cricket features in the multi-discipline event after a men’s competition was part of the Games in Kuala Lumpur in 1998 and is considered a massive opportunity to bring the game to new audiences.

Shaun Pollock-led South Africa had won the gold on that occasion, beating Steve Waugh’s Australia side by four wickets in the final. ICC Hall of Famers Sachin Tendulkar of India, Jacques Kallis of South Africa and Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka were among the many stars part of the Games then.

The league-cum-knockout tournament this time kicks off with a match between ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2020 finalists Australia and India on 29 July, with the bronze and gold medal matches scheduled for 7 August. Barbados and Pakistan are in Group A along with Australia and India while England, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka form Group B.

The ICC, CGF and Commonwealth Games Sri Lanka congratulated Sri Lanka for their qualification and looked forward to an exciting tournament.

ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said: “It’s good to have finalised the identity of the teams participating in the Commonwealth Games and congratulations to Sri Lanka for making it after playing so well in the qualifier. We will have eight of the best teams competing for the gold and I am sure we will get to watch a highly competitive tournament.

“The Commonwealth Games are an important part of the women’s cricket calendar over the next year. It is a huge opportunity for us to take cricket beyond the traditional strongholds and give more people around the world the chance to enjoy the game, whilst the players are very much looking forward to being part of multi-sport games.

“I would like to take this opportunity to once again thank the Commonwealth Games Federation for their support and hope to see some top-quality cricket at Edgbaston.”

CGF President Dame Louise Martin said: “Congratulations to the eight outstanding teams who have qualified for the women’s T20 cricket tournament at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

“I must pay particular tribute to Sri Lanka, who secured the eighth and final spot by winning such an exciting qualifying tournament in Malaysia last week.”

“They will head to the iconic Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham with an elite lineup featuring England, Australia, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Barbados and New Zealand.

“Cricket is a sport synonymous with the Commonwealth. We are so excited to have it back in the Games for the first time since the men's 50 over competition at Kuala Lumpur in 1998. The debut of women's T20 cricket will be a historic moment and a wonderful showcase of women’s sport across the world.”

Commonwealth Games Sri Lanka Secretary General Maxwell de Silva said: “We are delighted to have qualified for the Commonwealth Games women's T20 cricket tournament.

“Our team put on a fantastic display as they won all four matches at the qualification tournament to secure the final spot at Birmingham 2022.

“I would like to congratulate Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu and the entire team as they join a world-class lineup in Birmingham for what will be a special moment for cricket and the Commonwealth Games.”

Sri Lanka captain Chamari Athapaththu said: “It’s a great feeling to have qualified for the Commonwealth Games and all of us are really excited to be part of the multi-sport extravaganza. I’m sure it’s going to be a different experience for all of us.

“We had a memorable Qualifying tournament in Kuala Lumpur and now look forward to doing well in Birmingham against the best.

“I would like to thank Sri Lanka Cricket, the ICC, Commonwealth Games Sri Lanka and the CGF for all their support.”

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, being held from 28 July to 8 August, will see 4,500 athletes from 72 nations and territories compete across the 11 spectacular days of sport. Birmingham 2022 will be the first major multi-sport event in history to award more medals to women than men.
 
Dynamic Australia opener Alyssa Healy re-wrote the record books as she produced one of the greatest ODI innings of all time in Sunday's ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Final.

Healy not only compiled her own highest ODI score in smashing 170 from just 138 deliveries against England, but also registered the biggest score by man or woman in a World Cup decider.

She easily surpassed the previous female record of 107* that former Australia batter Karen Rolton managed in The Final against India in 2005 and then set about overtaking some of the biggest male names of all time.

Healy not only went past the great Sir Viv Richards (138* against England in 1979), ex-Australia captain Ricky Ponting (140* against India in 2003) and former Australia keeper Adam Gilchrist (149 against Sri Lanka in 2007), but she overtook them convincingly.

To further amplify her record-breaking innings, Healy became the first cricketer - male or female - to score a century in both the semi-final and final of a World Cup, joining Shane Watson (2009 Champions Trophy) as the only players to do so at the same international tournament.

Her knock - which included an amazing 26 boundaries - also helped her past former New Zealand batter Debbie Hockley to post the most runs (509) by an individual at any Women's World Cup tournament.

Team-mate Rachael Haynes had previously gone past Hockley's 456-run total, but that seemed to spur Healy on further as she overtook them both in style to set Australia on their way.

https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2560256

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Following the recent decision to expand the ICC Women’s Championship to ten teams, the ICC Board approved a recommendation that ODI status be extended to a number of Associate Member women’s teams to enable them to progress to global qualifying events based on ODI rankings.

Governance

The ICC Board received an update from the Afghanistan Working Group which recommended Mirwais Ashraf as the ACB’s appointed representative to the Board. The Working Group advised the Board that the ICC was continuing to support the Afghanistan Men’s team to play international cricket while monitoring the governance of the sport in the country including the development of the women’s game.

The ACB confirmed their continued commitment to developing women’s cricket and will submit a full action plan and budget to do so to the Working Group which will continue to monitor the situation and receive regular updates on its progress.

Cricket

Following the recent decision to expand the ICC Women’s Championship to ten teams, the ICC Board approved a recommendation that ODI status be extended to a number of Associate Member women’s teams to enable them to progress to global qualifying events based on ODI rankings.

The CEC were updated on the use of home umpires from July 2020 to February 2022 due to COVID. The Committee acknowledged that the performance of home umpires was strong and had not affected games. The use of home umpires had also led to 12 members of the International Panel umpires making their Test match debut.

In line with a previous recommendation from the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee, the CEC agreed that more neutral match officials should be utilised as travel restrictions are lifted while building on the success of the use of home umpires.

As such the structure for appointing match officials for 2022-23 season will be as follows:

The ICC Board approved and ratified a number of appointments to the ICC Men’s Cricket Committee:

Mahela Jayawardena – Past Player representative (reappointment)
Gary Stead – National Team Coach representative
Jay Shah – Member Board representative
Joel Wilson – ICC Elite Panel Umpire
Jamie Cox – MCC Representative


ICC Events

The qualification pathway for the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 was confirmed with 12 teams qualifying automatically for the event. The top eight teams from the 2022 event will be joined by the two host Members, West Indies and USA plus the next highest ranked teams on the MRF ICC Men’s T20 rankings table as of 14 November 2022. If West Indies finish in the top eight in Australia later this year, three teams will progress based on rankings and if outside the top eight two teams will qualify from the rankings table.

The remaining eight spots will be decided through a regional qualification process with Africa, Asia and Europe each qualifying two teams and Americas and EAP one each.

The qualification pathway for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 was agreed. Eight teams will gain automatic qualification into the event, comprising the top three teams from each group of the 2023 event plus host (if not in the six) and next highest ranked teams on the MRF ICC Women’s T20 rankings table at a pre-determined date. The remaining two teams will be identified through the Women’s T20 World Cup global qualifier.

The qualification pathway for the eight team ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup was also confirmed. The yet to be determined host of the event will automatically qualify along with the next five highest placed teams at the end of the 22-25 ICC Women’s Championship (IWC). The remaining two teams will be identified through a global qualifying event between the four bottom-placed teams in the IWC plus an additional two teams from the ODI rankings.

South Africa was confirmed as the host of the inaugural ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup 2023, to be staged in January next year as a 16-team, 41-match event.
 
<b>Anya Shrubsole: England bowler and World Cup winner retires from international game</b>

England bowler Anya Shrubsole, a key part of England's 2017 World Cup triumph, has retired from the international game.

The 30-year-old played 173 games for her country across all formats, claiming 227 wickets.

She took six wickets in England's dramatic World Cup final win over India at Lord's in 2017.

"I feel immensely privileged to have been able to represent my country for the past 14 years," said Shrubsole.

"To have been involved in women's cricket at a time of such growth has been an honour but it has become clear to me that it is moving forward faster than I can keep up with, so it is time for me to step away.

"There have been many ups and downs along the way but it was all worth it to be able to lift the ICC Women's World Cup at Lord's in 2017."

Clare Connor, the ECB's managing director of women's cricket, paid tribute to Shrubsole's achievements since her debut against South Africa in August 2008.

"For 14 years she has given everything for the team so it is fitting that her reasons for retiring are so selfless," she said.

"Her longevity, skill and impact with the new and old ball are testament to her work ethic and commitment over so many years."

Shrubsole was England's leading wicket-taker in the World Cup final earlier this month as her side attempted to defend their title.

However her figures of 3-46 with the ball could not prevent England falling to a 71-run defeat by Australia in Christchurch.

Five years previously, Shrubsole was named player of the match in the 2017 final, taking the final wicket as England beat India by nine runs.

The medium-pacer also took a hat-trick in the 2018 World Twenty20, another campaign that ended in final defeat by Australia.

Shrubsole will captain Southern Brave in the Hundred this year as she continues her career in domestic cricket.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/61104203
 
KARACHI: The batter swung the bat with all her might, sending the ball flying out of Karachi’s Kokan Park, hitting for six the taboo that only men can venture out into the night during Ramadan to play cricket.

The scene was from the final match of Khelo Khavateen, meaning “Play Women,” a night cricket tournament for women in the Pakistani megapolis that culminated this week.

In the teeming port city each Ramadan, while the devout fast by day, at night they come out on the streets to play cricket. For years, however, the street matches and tournaments have been dominated by men.

Karachi-based journalist Hadeel Obaid wanted to change this trend and in 2015 came up with the idea of a platform where women could also safely play cricket late at night during Ramadan. Khelo Kricket (Play Cricket) was thus born, an online startup that promotes sports among Pakistani women.

A year later, Obaid started the Khelo Khavateen night tournament, which has since seen hundreds of girls registering to play night cricket in Ramadan. A few participants have even gone on to play for the national women’s team.

“No one experimented with the idea that women too are interested in coming out to play cricket at night,” Obaid told Arab News after the final of the Ramadan tournament, which was held this year after a two-year-long COVID-19 hiatus. “We wanted to create a safe space for girls to play cricket.”

But launching a successful women’s cricket tournament in Pakistan was not easy, said Obaid, who had to face criticism, as the idea of women playing cricket late at night — and that too in the holy month of Ramadan — did not go down well with many people.

“When you first start anything, it is always hard because change is something that nobody likes,” she said.

“When nothing has been happening for so many years, and then all of a sudden somebody wants to try and do something new, you’re always faced with a little backlash,” she said.

But Obaid brushed aside the negativity and as time progressed, she experienced firsthand how families and communities embraced the initiative, which has become a launching pad for professional players.

Last week, Pakistani cricketer Fatima Sana was awarded the International Cricket Council’s Women’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year 2021 award, becoming the first Pakistani to bag the honor. Sana launched her career at the Khelo Khavateen tournament in 2016, the first edition of the series.

“She was 12 or 13 years old when she played our very first tournament,” Obaid recalled. “At that point, she was an incredible talent. We had never seen a bowler like that.”

Urooj Mumtaz, a renowned Pakistani cricket commentator, television host and former cricketer, described the Khelo Kricket initiative as “wonderful.”

“We all like to play cricket during Ramadan,” she said. “It’s not just restricted to men. It’s also now (getting bigger) with girls … It’s more about recreation and attracting more girls to the sport.”

Obaid said she had planned to take the tournament to other cities in Pakistan, but the COVID-19 pandemic had thrown a spanner in the works. Now, however, with an improving disease situation, she hopes to revive her plans.

“We have a lot of people from Rawalpindi writing and telling us that they would like for the tournament to be played in the city. We got a lot of girls from Lahore writing,” Obaid said. “And so, we do want to take this there, maybe not in Ramadan, but maybe some point in the year.

“We’re hoping that in 2023 and 2024 we can keep the momentum up and actually grow it.”

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2063566/world
 
An innovative women's cricket tournament grouping established stars with emerging-nation players starts this week as the sport looks to expand globally and outgrow its reliance on the men's game.

The FairBreak Invitational, featuring England captain Heather Knight, West Indies skipper Stafanie Taylor and Pakistan's Sana Mir, opens on Wednesday accompanied by calls for better funding for the sport.

Women's cricket has emerged as a marketing hit in recent years with international finals played at sold-out stadiums, including a record 86,000-plus at the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the T20 World Cup decider in March 2020.

Progress was halted by the pandemic but the sport bounced back with a successful World Cup in New Zealand, Australia beating Knight's England at a sold-out Hagley Oval last month.

Knight, whose Barmy Army-sponsored FairBreak team includes players from Vanuatu and Rwanda, said it was time that women's cricket ended its financial reliance on the men's game.

"I think there are discrepancies and certain things in the women's game," she told journalists at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Monday.

"Sometimes the funding for example relies on the men's game which I think needs to change.

"So I think this (tournament) is all about trying to help those associate nations, trying to grow the game globally."

Women's cricket, much like the colonialism-rooted men's game, is heavily weighted towards a small group of well-funded countries that dominate international competition.

Australia have won seven World Cup titles, followed by England with four. New Zealand, champions in 2000, are the only other team to win the tournament.

It's no coincidence that Australia and England have the strongest support for women's cricket, with high-level tournaments -- the Women's Big Bash League and The Hundred Women -- and scores of professional players.

'I'd like more money'

Other opportunities are limited for women players, especially those from the International Cricket Council's associate nations -- those that don't qualify for Test matches, the five-day games considered the sport's pinnacle.

India, cricket's financial powerhouse and home of the lucrative Indian Premier League men's tournament since 2008, is planning to start a women's version next year.

"I'd like to see some more money, like the IPL, for sure," West Indies skipper Taylor, who will captain the Tornadoes in the FairBreak event, told AFP.

"This (FairBreak) is adding to the leagues that we usually play in, like the BBL (Big Bash League) and the Hundred."

The six-team Twenty20 tournament, which finishes on May 15, was originally planned for Hong Kong but moved to Dubai as the Chinese territory continues to struggle with coronavirus.

The ICC-sanctioned event, brainchild of Australian entrepreneur Shaun Martyn, aims to develop the game across the world with players drawn from Bhutan, Tanzania, the Philippines and Japan, among others.

"Some of them have never been in these sorts of stadiums," Knight said. "It definitely helps to develop players... It's a breeding ground for players to improve."

FairBreak director of cricket Geoff Lawson, a former Australia Test bowler, said the global talent pool ran deep with hundreds of players who could have been selected.

Warriors skipper Sindhu Sriharsha is a former India under-21 international who now captains the United States, which is targeting full ICC membership by 2030.

Despite Americans' traditional love for baseball, basketball and the NFL, "there's so much American cricket", she said.

"The kids are already writing me telling me, 'Can you please hook me up with them?' and 'I want to be playing this tournament in a couple of years'," Sriharsha said.

"So there is so much interest about this, and it's the same with other associate cricket nations."

https://www.france24.com/en/live-ne...looks-to-future-with-new-style-event-in-dubai
 
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Pakistan women's cricket team captain Bismah Maroof's infant daughter, Fatima, was denied accreditation for accessing the Commonwealth Games village in Birmingham. Maroof was previously deliberating over her participation in the CWG, which will be held from July 25 to August 8 in Birmingham. But as per reports, she will travel for the games, with her daughter and mother, who will take care of Fatima, staying at a hotel outside the village.

It has been learnt that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had asked the CWG Federation for two extra accommodations for Maroof's mother and daughter in the village. Federation responded by asking PCB to remove two personnel from their 22-member travelling contingent, including officials. To this, PCB stated that it was in no position to omit any players and officials from their touring party.

Maroof had recently travelled to New Zealand during the 2022 Women's World Cup with her daughter and mother. As per PCB's maternity policy, a mother is allowed "to travel with a support person of her choice to assist in caring for her infant child", with travel and accommodation costs shared equally between the board and the player.

"I want to thank the Pakistan Cricket Board for its immense support throughout my career and especially in helping me strike the right work-life balance after the birth of Fatima," Maroof earlier said.

"There was a time when I contemplated giving up on my passion of playing cricket, but the PCB ensured it never came to that with the introduction of the maternity policy, which has made the game as inclusive as it can be for the women in our country. I also want to thank my family and especially my husband, Abrar, who has been a great support throughout my career and has provided me encouragement to continue to play for Pakistan."

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As many as 1,118 young girls and women participated in the trials organised in five of the six Cricket Associations as the Pakistan Cricket Board’s efforts to make the game more gender-inclusive continue.

The biggest turnout was in Central Punjab where 287 players appeared in trials. With 250 players, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa was next.

In what is a major development for the women’s game in Balochistan, 218 teenagers and women participated in the trials. 223 and 140 players gave trials in Southern Punjab and Northern.

The selection panel in these CAs, which comprised highly qualified coaches in former Test and first-class cricketers, selected players across the U19, emerging (ages 19-24) and senior (ages 25-28) categories.

125, 139 and 40 players were selected in the U19, emerging and senior categories in Balochistan, Central Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Northern (Muzaffarabad remaining) and Southern Punjab.

Head of Women’s Cricket Tania Mallick: “The turnout in these trials is overwhelming. It underscores the appetite of women’s cricket in the country and has played a crucial role in the identification of talent in different parts. I want to thank parents around the country for facilitating their daughters to appear in these trials and this is a good omen for women’s cricket. The educational institutions have also played a major role in making these trials a success by bringing their students to venues.

“I want to congratulate and thank the CAs who have played a robust role in the smooth execution of trials. These trials are the first step in the long journey for the development and promotion of the women’s cricket in the country, and it cannot be done without the support of CAs and we will continue to provide all the necessary support for it.”

The selected players have ample opportunities with a bumper women’s cricket season ahead. The inaugural U19 World Cup next year provides teenage cricketers opportunities to make a name for themselves at a global stage, while players selected in other categories can push for the national selection by standing out in domestic T20 and One-Day tournaments as well as in a franchise tournament.

Pakistan national women’s team have a busy 2022-23 season which kicks off with the T20I series against Sri Lanka later this month. They feature in three ICC Women’s Championship series, two of which will be played in Pakistan, Commonwealth Games, ACC Women’s T20 Asia Cup and ICC Women’s T20 World Cup.

The trials are a joint-effort of the PCB and CAs to strengthen the women player talent pool by making the game more accessible, and promote the sport amongst the female population of the country.

The trials in Muzaffarabad will be held on 17 May, while the Sindh-leg of the trials will be run from 18 to 28 May. The trials in Karachi will take place on 27 and 28 May.
 
<b>Charlotte Edwards Cup round-up: Lauren Winfield-Hill stars for Northern Diamonds</b>

Lauren Winfield-Hill struck 96 from just 51 balls as Northern Diamonds cruised to victory over Lightning in their opening match of the Charlotte Edwards Cup.

Fellow England opener Tammy Beaumont made 59 in Lightning's reply but they fell 39 runs short of Diamonds' 177.

Beaumont added 79 for the first wicket with Marie Kelly, who made 46, but no other batter reached double figures.

Elsewhere, England players Amy Jones, Charlie Dean and Maia Bouchier starred in wins for Central Sparks and last year's runners-up Southern Vipers, while South East Stars began their title defence with victory over Sunrisers in the Twenty20 tournament.

In Cardiff, England wicketkeeper Jones hit 52 as Central Sparks batted first against Western Storm and was well supported by Abbey Freeborn who made the same score.

Some late hitting from Ami Campbell propelled Sparks to 156 from their 20 overs, having been struggling at 109-3 with just four overs to go.

Storm captain Sophie Luff looked in control of the chase before being dismissed by a spectacular one-handed catch at short fine leg by Gwen Davies for 42, and the home side failed to regain any momentum as they finished 20 runs short.

England prospect Issy Wong starred with 2-28.

At Hove, Thunder were restricted to just 102-7 after impressive bowling performances from Dean and Freya Kemp, who took two wickets apiece.

Anya Shrubsole took 1-18 on her Vipers debut, having signed as a player-coach after announcing her international retirement.

In reply, Maia Bouchier finished 48 not out as they wrapped up the win with just over six overs remaining.

Finally at Chelmsford, Sunrisers limped to 122-6 from their 20 overs and Aylish Cranstone finished 56 not out in Stars' chase as they eased to a five-wicket win.

While many of England's centrally contracted players were available for the opening round of fixtures, other key players including Heather Knight (Western Storm), Sophie Ecclestone (Thunder) and Sophia Dunkley (Stars) were playing in the Fairbreak Invitational competition in Dubai.

But they should return for the remaining fixtures, while Nat Sciver and Katherine Brunt could also feature as their workloads have been carefully managed since the Ashes and World Cup over the winter.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/61451359
 
International Cricket Council (ICC) chair Greg Barclay said women's Test matches should be played over five days, but raised doubts over the place of the longer format in the future of women's cricket.

Women's Test matches are played over four days as opposed to five in the men's game, and the five Test matches that have been played since 2017 have all ended in a draw.

England captain Heather Knight has backed five day-Tests and England bowler Kate Cross said women cricketers were fit enough to cope with the physical demands of longer matches after the drawn Ashes Test in January.

"Most people would say five days are required," Barclay told the BBC. "If they are going play it, my personal view is they should have five days to play it in."

The only countries to have played a women's Test match in the last five years are England, Australia and India.

Sri Lanka women look to next World Cup after missing out on New Zealand

Barclay added that shorter formats of cricket were "the way of the future" for the sport, saying one-day internationals and Twenty20 cricket were more appealing for fans.

"It is where broadcasters are putting their resources," Barclay said. "It is what is driving the money.

"To play test cricket you have got to have structures domestically. They don't really exist in any of the countries at the moment. I can't really see women's test cricket evolving at any particular speed.

"That's not to say any countries that choose to play test cricket can't do so. But I don't see it being any part of the landscape moving forward to any real extent at all."

In a post on Twitter, former player-turned-broadcaster Isabelle Westbury said Barclay's comments were "disappointing."

England will host South Africa in a one-off test later this month, in what will be the visitors' first test since 2014.

https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...ays-says-icc-greg-barclay/article38500347.ece
 
"Scarcely Believable": Nepal Cricket Team Dismissed For Just 8 vs UAE in ICC U-19 Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier

In the ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier 2022 match, Nepal were dismissed for 8 in 8.1 overs. UAE took 1.1 overs to reach the target

Rookie teenagers from Nepal got a taste of slightly elite level of cricket as they were bowled out for an astonishing total of eight runs against United Arab Emirates in an ICC U-19 Women's T20 World Cup qualifier match here on Saturday. The U-19 Women's T20 World Cup qualifier, a first of its kind, is featuring Nepal, UAE, Thailand, Bhutan and Qatar. The winner of this five-country competition will qualify for the inaugural main event in South Africa in early 2023. While the Nepalese girls had dismissed Qatar for a paltry 38 in an earlier game to clinch it by 79 runs, they were in for a rude jolt on Saturday.

The match didn't even last for an hour with a total of 9.2 overs needed for its completion.

No cricketer from either side had the scope of even reaching double-digit scores with UAE's Theertha Sathish's four not out being highest.

When Nepal batted, six of their batters failed to even trouble the scorers with Sneha Mahara's three runs off 10 balls being the highest contribution. Maneesha Rana scored two and three other batters contributed a solitary run each.

Off-spinner Mahika Gaur, who opened the bowling for UAE, had incredible figures of 4-2-2-5 and her new ball partner Indhuja Nandkumar was equally effective as she took three wickets for six runs in her quota of four overs.

While the Nepal innings lasted for only 8.1 overs, UAE knocked off the required runs in seven balls.

With the ICC focussing on promotion of women's game at the junior level, most of the associate member countries are trying to start their junior programme for women.

To be fair, Nepal doesn't have too many quality turf pitches even for quality men's cricket and hence these girls deserve a lot of credit as they had already won a match in the competition and are at least expected to steamroll both Bhutan and Thailand.

However, there is no denying that UAE, a team filled mostly with girls from the strong South Asian expatriate community, are favourites by a distance to book the flight to South Africa.

https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/sca...c-u-19-womens-t20-world-cup-qualifier-3038073

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