At just nine years old, Shafali Verma made a choice that would change her life forever. Growing up in Rohtak, Haryana, she dreamed of becoming a cricketer. But there was one major obstacle: there was ...
A games-based introductory play has helped break gender and social stereotypes in the African nation.
KABUL -- Ogai Wardak was a 12-year-old cricket fan in Kabul when she learned the Afghan Cricket Board had quietly disbanded the country's fledgling national women's team in 2014. The sport's governing ...
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has called for “respect” from Cricket Australia (CA) following the latter’s postponement of a bilateral men’s T20 series citing “deteriorating human rights for ...
At Druids Cricket Club, the first girls’ team celebrated with victory laps even when they lost. For a group of eight to ...
MANCHESTER, England, May 9 (Reuters) - Lauren Bell had no women role models in cricket while growing up, so the England bowler gets a kick out of the young female fans she meets who tell her they plan ...
May 2 (Reuters) - Transgender women in England will not be allowed to play in women's and girls' cricket matches with immediate effect, but can continue playing in open and mixed cricket, England's ...
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Blantyre, Malawi – Vivek Ganesan founded the Cricket Academy in 2010. He decided to start small, with one team of 10 players, all local children from low-income areas. The academy grew faster than ...
The rising popularity of cricket among girls and an increase in junior club registrations were the bright spots in a year in which overall participation in cricket in Australia was hit hard by the ...
KABUL -- Ogai Wardak was a 12-year-old cricket fan in Kabul when she learned the Afghan Cricket Board had quietly disbanded the country's fledgling national women's team in 2014. The sport's governing ...