The Asian Cricket Council on Wednesday confirmed the launch of the inaugural version of the Ladies’s U19 T20 Asia Cup throughout an govt board assembly in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The match will happen biennially and can function a gown rehearsal for the Ladies’s U19 World Cup.
“In a big stride in direction of fostering the expansion of ladies’s cricket, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has formally introduced the launch of the Ladies’s Below-19 T20 Asia Cup. This landmark resolution was made in the course of the ACC Govt Board Assembly held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,” the ACC wrote in an announcement.
“In a progressive transfer, the ACC has confirmed that the Ladies’s U19 Asia Cup might be held biennially, serving as a key match earlier than every ICC Ladies’s U19 World Cup. By giving rising feminine cricketers in Asia the chance to compete on a world platform, this match goals to supply essential expertise and readiness, finally serving to Asian groups carry out higher on the world stage,” the board added
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The ACC president Jay Shah, who has been named because the ICC chairman not too long ago, chaired the assembly with the opposite dignitaries. “As we speak marks a pivotal second for cricket in Asia. The introduction of the Ladies’s U19 Asia Cup is a monumental achievement, offering a much-needed platform for younger ladies cricketers to develop their abilities and showcase their expertise. This initiative strengthens the way forward for ladies’s cricket in Asia, and we’re happy with the lasting influence these choices may have, not solely inside our member nations however throughout the worldwide cricketing group,” Shah stated on the occasion.