https://www.scmp.com/rss/513742/feed Annesha Ghosh is a freelance multimedia sports journalist. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Never before in cricket has a phenomenon like the inaugural Women’s Indian Premier League (WPL) auction struck. Never again might cricketers witness a financial injection as historic to the women’s game play out during as big a showpiece on its calendar as a T20 World Cup. A frenetic day at the Jio World Convention Centre in Mumbai saw 87 players picked, 30 overseas included, to represent the five teams of the WPL, a competition stakeholders believe will revolutionise the sport. Representative... https://www.scmp.com/sport/cricket/article/3210531/womens-indian-premier-league-auction-was-historic-occasion-cricket-what-about-associate-nations?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/cricket/article/3210531/womens-indian-premier-league-auction-was-historic-occasion-cricket-what-about-associate-nations?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 17 Feb 2023 05:36:47 +0000 “If you don’t start somewhere, it’s never going to start. It is from little things that big things grow.” As Australian author-publisher and football advocate Bonita Mersiades details the inaugural Emerging Women Writers programme, her propensity for making a move – at times against the run of play – becomes clear. Mersiades did just that in launching a platform for aspiring women journalists, broadcasters and podcasters, despite still waiting for a response from organisers of next year’s... https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3200923/qatar-2022-didnt-respond-women-media-set-roar-2023-womens-world-cup?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3200923/qatar-2022-didnt-respond-women-media-set-roar-2023-womens-world-cup?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 25 Nov 2022 02:30:10 +0000 Sport, as in life, is all about timing. The perfect tackle, the jump that precedes the immaculate dunk, or the bat meeting the ball at the right moment to send it flying for a six … that one variable often makes all else look inconsequential. Much of the decision of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the sport’s governing body in the Asian nation, to implement an equal match-fee policy for the international appearances of its centrally contracted female and male players can be... https://www.scmp.com/sport/cricket/article/3199415/indias-women-cricketers-will-now-be-paid-same-men-and-they-say-its-about-time?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/cricket/article/3199415/indias-women-cricketers-will-now-be-paid-same-men-and-they-say-its-about-time?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 13 Nov 2022 05:00:14 +0000 It’s kind of funny to Indian cricketer Jhulan Goswami that she found her calling in fast bowling. Certainly, the thought occurred to her whenever she was injured. “I felt it would have been better if I had not been a fast bowler … I would not have had so many injuries,” she said in jest, recalling those stresses and strains, before her swansong at Lord’s. For the highest wicket-taker in women’s international cricket to make this quip on the eve of her international retirement was no less funny... https://www.scmp.com/sport/cricket/article/3193756/indias-jhulan-goswami-leaves-deep-footprint-after-20-years-great?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/cricket/article/3193756/indias-jhulan-goswami-leaves-deep-footprint-after-20-years-great?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 25 Sep 2022 13:27:05 +0000