Jamaica Cricket Association Finally Ready for National Female Cricket Competition
On November - 28 - 2009
If Jamaica Cricket Association (JCA) boss Paul Campbell has his way, next year could see the start of a national female cricket competition, as the organisation looks to build on the success of the island’s young female cricketers and continue the sport’s development.
The move, besides being geared towards the growth of women’s cricket, is also being pursued as a strategic tool in the association’s push to attract more women spectators to the game.
Paul Campbell confirmed the developments and pointed out that the country can be proud of the steps being taken with regards to improving the sport among female players.
Campbell said, “It’s interesting to note that Jamaica is the first of the territories to have integrated women’s cricket into its programme. To date, they are still struggling to do that in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados has not done that yet also so in truth we are the leaders and we will continue to move forward in terms of our development programmes at all levels of the sport,” Campbell beamed.
Stafanie Taylor of the West Indies recieves the player of the match award during the ICC Women’s Twenty20 World Cup match between West Indies and South Africa at The County Ground on June 11, 2009 in Taunton, England. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
Jamaica’s female cricketers have been placed into sharp focus after the exploits of 18-year-old Stafanie Taylor, West Indies all-rounder who became the first female to be named JCA Cricketer of the Year after she cracked the world top ten rankings at number nine and number five as an all-rounder.
This also comes on the heels of the national Under-19 female team’s success at the regional championship earlier this season.
At present, there are approximately five local clubs which facilitate female players.
(Jamaica Star)
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