{"id":912,"date":"2023-09-25T08:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T08:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=912"},"modified":"2023-09-25T08:28:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T08:28:02","slug":"girls-cup-empowering-girls-through-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/?p=912","title":{"rendered":"GIRLS\u2019 CUP, EMPOWERING GIRLS THROUGH CRICKET"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Karachi : The Australian High Commission supported a girls\u2019 cricket clinic and tournament in Karachi in collaboration with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Jalaluddin Cricket Academy (JCA), and Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA).<br>Australia aims to promote gender equality and empower girls through enabling them to participate in one of Pakistan\u2019s favourite sports \u2013 cricket.<br>\u201cThe Australian High Commission has been sponsoring girls\u2019 cricket in Pakistan since 2016,\u201d High Commissioner Neil Hawkins said. \u201cWe began with a single annual tournament in Islamabad but then expanded to Lahore and in Karachi.\u201d<br>\u201cOur countries share a passion for cricket, and a key interest of Australia in Pakistan is to support gender equality so we\u2019re very pleased to support this event,\u201d Mr Hawkins said. \u201cCricket and other sports can help tear down barriers and stereotypes. Every time these girls hit a boundary or make a catch, they are taking a step towards greater equality.\u201d<br>The girls attended a four-day coaching clinic in the lead-up to the competition.<br>We are very pleased to have the participation of first-class cricket coaches as well as the players of the visiting Australian Over 40s Cricket team, who helped to build confidence, foster team spirit, and encourage the girls,\u201d the High Commissioner said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He thanked the schools \u2013 Nasra Public School, Alpha Girls School, Ismail Academy and The Future Academy \u2013 for joining the event and paid tribute to the contribution made by JCA, PCB and KCCA.<br>Leading coach Jalal Uddin, a former national player and now JCA Chairman, congratulated the Australian High Commission on the initiative.<br>\u201cAs pioneer in cricket coaching, we always support grassroots cricket development. We hope this initiative with the Australian High Commission for the Girls Cricket Cup will go a long way in developing women\u2019s cricket in Pakistan,\u201d Jalal Uddin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Picture1-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1377\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karachi : The Australian High Commission supported a girls\u2019 cricket clinic and tournament in Karachi in collaboration with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Jalaluddin Cricket Academy (JCA), and Karachi City&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":914,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions\/914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theasiantelegraph.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}