The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Women’s Wing Chairperson Bushra Aitzaz has acknowledged that since women’s cricket has been recognised in the country following the Asian Games gold, the ‘real test’ has begun.
“Women’s approach towards the game has changed and that has helped us,” Bushra told The Express Tribune.
Dec 282010
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) finally recognized the potential of the women cricket team as they awarded the national women team with central contracts, late Thursday.
The PCB officials and the governing body of the board met at a meeting in Lahore, at Gaddafi Stadium and discussed the prospects of women cricket in Pakistan. The body approved the proposal of giving the women cricketers’ central contracts in the meeting, chaired by PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt, along with the PCB Board of Governors (BOG). A spokesman of PCB said in a statement released on late Thursday,
Dec 282010
Claire Taylor has been hailed as the best batswoman in a golden age for English women’s cricket, but she would happily exchange the plaudits for her England team retaining the Ashes in Australia.
‘The style of cricket the England men were playing at the start of their tour – that’s what we’re striving for, too,’ she says. ‘It was inspirational. We won’t have an easy time of it because the Australian women are very competitive. ‘We’re evenly matched, but if both [England] sides can bring back the Ashes, it would be amazing.’
Nov 132010
On November 13th, Japan played Nepal in its first match in the Asian Games. Japan won the toss and elected to field on a gorgeous afternoon at the newly built Guanggong Cricket Stadium in Guangzhou, China. Batting first, Nepal got off to a good start, reaching 29 without loss. However, after Mariko Yamamoto took an excellent catch at mid off to take the first wicket, Japan fought back strongly taking regular wickets
CAMPBELLTOWN Camden Ghosts first grade team got the upperhand over last year’s Sydney Women’s Cricket Association premiers Bankstown in a round two Twenty20 match at Raby 1 on Sunday.
In a close contest, the Ghosts batted first and posted a very defendable 112 runs (Celeste Raack 35, Kate Waetford 21, Sarah Coyte 15).
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