Kowloon Cantons women hope to spark Hong Kong cricket revolution at T20 Blitz
The 10 co-owners of the franchise are made up of eight women and one man, plus a company, and they have the interests of the local game at heart
Few took Urvashi Sethi seriously when she wanted to own a franchise at the DTC Mobile Hong Kong T20 Blitz – but now she is part of a group who hope to play a key role in a Hong Kong cricket revolution.
If this T20 tournament is successful, can you imagine what it can do for cricket in Hong Kong?
After chatting with her husband and homemaker friend Batul Rosha, and roping in former Hong Kong international Rahul Sharma, their dreams took root and excitement started to build among close pals who wanted to come on board.
Within weeks, they had grown to nine people and a company – eight of them women. And soon they were proud owners of the Kowloon Cantons franchise who will compete in the May 28 and 29 tournament at Mission Road.
“At the start no one took me seriously and I didn’t even know how seriously I took myself,” said Sethi, whose sons play cricket and one of them, Kabir, is in the Cantons line-up.
“After we won the bid, we talked to people who loved the game, basically women whose husbands played the sport, had some involvement in cricket, are avid followers or mothers whose kids play.
“At the beginning we thought, are we doing this for a laugh? But just think about it, if this T20 tournament is successful, can you imagine what it can do for cricket in Hong Kong?”
Three other franchises taking part in the competition are: Rude Bar Island Warriors, Hung Hom JD Jaguars and Lantau GII Galaxy Riders.
