The USA is about to host an extra version of the FairBreak Global Invitational T20 in 2023, and the match – which options girls’s cricketers from around the globe – might be held twice a 12 months going ahead.
The first season came about in collaboration with Cricket Hong Kong in Dubai in May 2022 and the second is scheduled to be held from April 3 to 16 this 12 months in Hong Kong. Now, there might be one other spherical of the match in September as properly, within the USA.
The match, totally sanctioned by the ICC, introduced collectively a few of the prime girls’s T20 cricketers in a six-team occasion final 12 months.
“By working collaboratively, FairBreak and USA Cricket are supporting gender equity and the advancement of women’s and girl’s cricket globally,” a press release from USA Cricket stated.
The match within the USA might be held from September 15 to 30 in Houston, Texas. Six groups will once more come collectively for the 2 occasions this 12 months and matches are set to be broadcast internationally. USA Cricket anticipates that as much as 12 of their prime gamers will take part in September, in comparison with the six that performed final 12 months.
“We could not be more pleased to collaborate with FairBreak, and to showcase an event here in the USA,” newly appointed interim CEO of USA Cricket Vinay Bhimjiani stated. “I have been working closely with FairBreak founder, Shaun Martyn, and we both agree this will be an outstanding tournament for cricket fans of all ages, genders and nationalities to enjoy!”
Martyn stated the match will present a “truly global platform” to develop the sport and alter the lives of many taking part gamers. “It is exciting for everyone involved. We have known for some time that both Asia and the Americas are key growth markets for women’s cricket. With the right level of corporate support and expanding involvement from broadcasters, we have another avenue to enrich the skills and experience of female cricketers. More significantly, the potential for positive social impact across multiple communities cannot be underestimated.”
WPL, Women’s U-19 World Cup, and far more – breakthrough 12 months for girls’s cricket?
With the inaugural Women’s Under-19 T20 World Cup at the moment underway, adopted quickly after by the senior girls’s T20 World Cup in South Africa, the WPL and two FairBreak Invitational T20 tournaments, 2023 could possibly be a landmark 12 months for the expansion of girls’s cricket. There are additionally the ladies’s Hundred, the ladies’s CPL and the WBBL scheduled for the second half of the 12 months.
The inaugural version of the FairBreak Invitational T20 had 90 gamers from 35 nations, divided into six groups, although no participant from India took half, because the BCCI did not grant them no-objection certificates.
Source web site: www.espncricinfo.com
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