Eyeing an opportunity for Women’s Cricket to grow beyond the ‘market forces’, Heather Knight has called for good governance to shape their world in the next five to ten years.
The England captain believes that Women’s Cricket is still nascent in the league culture with the BCCI-organized Women’s Premier League (WPL) completing only its second season in 2024.
Incidentally, Knight had pulled out of the WPL earlier this season, to serve her national team.
“I would say the men’s game is in a place where (calendars are) packed, there’s so much going on and the women’s game at the moment is in its infancy of the league (culture) starting,” England’s captain Heather Knight said on the eve of ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024.
“More depth is being created around the world. So I’d say we’re at a massive advantage if it’s governed properly to plot out what women’s cricket looks like and try and help it grow in a really good way rather than just be left to market forces. I’d love to see a bit of a plan to help shape women’s cricket over the next five to ten years because the men’s game has been left and is in a bit of a state of panel of issues and hopefully we’re at the point now where we’re at the start of that growth curve and can really help shape things,” she added.
In the Women’s franchise leagues — the Caribbean Premier League was scheduled after the conclusion of The Hundred recently — while the Big Bash League remains the oldest attraction for them to showcase their talent.
With the ICC Women’s Championship in play since 2014, the number of ODI matches has increased, with no or little chance to avoid an overlap in the calendar.
