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  • T20 Women’s Cricket Tournament to begin in Lahore on Nov 26

    T20 Women’s Cricket Tournament to begin in Lahore on Nov 26

    The T20 Women’s Cricket Tournament, comprising of 13 matches, will begin in Lahore on November 26.

    In order to incentivise domestic performers, the best player of every match will get Rs.20,000 while the player of the tournament will bag Rs.50,000. The winning team will receive Rs.1 million, while the runner-up will get half a million rupees.

    The competition gives athletes a chance to adjust to the T20 format, and will help coaches and the selection committee in choosing squads for the inaugural ICC U19 Women’s World Cup and ICC T20 Women’s World Cup, both of which will be held in South Africa in next year.

    The second phase of the tournament will run from December 5 to December 9, while the squads of the four sides will be named in due course. The venue for the final of the tournament scheduled on 9 December will be named at a later date.
    All the matches will be played in Lahore.

  • MCC announces new gender-neutral cricket term ‘batter’ to replace ‘batsman’

    MCC announces new gender-neutral cricket term ‘batter’ to replace ‘batsman’

    International cricket laws have been amended to replace the term ‘batsman’ with the gender-neutral word ‘batter.’

    According to details, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) — the sole authority on the laws of cricket since it was founded in 1787 — announced the amendment to the laws of the game on Wednesday.

    The MCC said the use of the terminology would “help reinforce cricket’s status as an inclusive game for all”.

    The profile of women’s cricket has rocketed in recent years, with England’s victory over India in the 2017 World Cup final taking place in front of a capacity crowd at Lord’s, which is owned by the MCC.

    A crowd of 86,174 saw Australia defeat India in the T20 World Cup final in Melbourne in 2020 and in August Lord’s broke the record for a domestic women’s match as more than 17,000 fans watched the final of the inaugural Hundred competition.

    “MCC believes in cricket being a game for all and this move recognises the changing landscape of the game in modern times,” said assistant secretary with responsibility for cricket and operations, Jamie Cox. “Use of the term ‘batter’ is a natural evolution in our shared cricketing language and the terminology has already been adopted by many of those involved in the sport.

    “It is the right time for this adjustment to be recognised formally and we are delighted, as the guardians of the laws, to announce these changes today,” added MCC.

  • Australia warns of cancelling Afghanistan Test if Taliban ban women’s cricket

    Australia warns of cancelling Afghanistan Test if Taliban ban women’s cricket

    Cricket Australia (CA) warned to cancel the Test match against Afghanistan in November if women are not allowed to play the sport under the Taliban regime.

    The updated stance from CA follows the developments on Wednesday where the Taliban indicated that women would not be able to participate in sport, including cricket.

    In a statement released on Thursday, Cricket Australia confirmed it would be unable to proceed with the planned Test at Hobart’s Blundstone Arena from November 27 if news reports of Taliban views on the women’s game were true.

    “Driving the growth of women’s cricket globally is incredibly important to Cricket Australia,” the statement said.

    “Our vision for cricket is that it is a sport for all and we support the game unequivocally for women at every level.”

    “If recent media reports that women’s cricket will not be supported in Afghanistan are substantiated, Cricket Australia would have no alternative but to not host Afghanistan for the proposed Test Match due to be played in Hobart,” it added.

    The ICC has said that Afghanistan’s status in the international game will be discussed at their next board meeting but that is not scheduled until November, which raises further questions about their participation in the T20 World Cup.

    Afghanistan is the only Full Member to have received that status without having an operational women’s team in place. Last year, the Afghanistan Cricket Board had announced their first contracts for women as they looked to build a team.