Grassroots cricket for girls: How to develop the base in India
How do girls get started playing cricket in India? A look at the system in place for school and recreational cricket.
Equal Hue reforms
Barriers to participation: What’s stopping girls from playing cricket in India?
From the Equal Hue survey and our conversations with various voices in cricket, we found three reasons holding women back from playing cricket in India.
Round table 1: Barriers to participation in women’s and girls’ cricket in India
The first Equal Hue round table focussed on barriers to participation, including social, infrastructure, safety, health and financial.
India v South Africa women’s squad: What selection controversies say about the system
In the absence of well-defined pathways and competitive bridge tournaments such as a women’s IPL, Indian women’s cricket selection remains controversial.
Our female cricketers have lost a year, and don’t say Covid
Snehal Pradhan draws attention to a series of shocking gaps in the India career of Mithali Raj, for no fault of hers.
Players’ body report wants gender equity principles to guide women’s cricket growth
The Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA) released the second edition of their Women’s Global Employment Report.
India need a women’s IPL because they will not win a T20 World Cup without it
A women’s IPL is no longer a matter of good optics, or gender equality. It is necessary for winning games of cricket.
Reforms for women’s cricket: A wishlist
1. Equality Ensuring women’s and men’s cricket is treated and represented equally, while embracing any differential treatment that may be required for growth and development. 2. Safety Creation of safe spaces for women to play cricket and to enable the emergence of players from various sections of society, irrespective of their caste, class, religion, gender …
Excerpt: The case for starting scaled-down version of Women’s IPL sooner rather than later
An excerpt from the Equal Hue report as it appeared on scroll.in, on June 30, 2020. In 2010, when the IPL was still in its infancy and the Women’s Big Bash League had not yet been conceived, there were eager emails exchanged between women’s cricket representatives of India, England, Australia, and a few other nations. …