The daily Sun, 3 October 2012
The women’s wing of Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) arranged a registration programme to discover talented women cricketers from around the country at the Sahara-BCB National Academy Ground on Tuesday.
To everyone’s surprise, hundreds of young and enthusiastic women, who dream to become the next Salma-Sukhtara gathered at the stadium to try their luck.
The registration started at 11 in the morning and by 3 o’clock in the afternoon, more than 400 women cricketers registered.
BCB President AHM Mostafa Kamal inaugurated the programme.
“This is only the beginning. We are aiming to arrange a carnival every winter in order to find out fresh talents,” said Kamal.
“We are quite satisfied with the response we received this time. Many might think it’s impossible to earn an opportunity like this in Dhaka. But we want to inform them that if they are really headworking and can dare to dream big, it is possible to fulfill that dream in Dhaka,” Kamal added.
A total of 408 female cricketers registered off which 278 women were from the Dhaka region. These players will later be short listed according to their respective division informed Kamal.
“We will take in any girl in whom we will see even a little bit of talent and the rest will be sent to their respective coaches officially.”
“Those who are already playing for divisional or club teams will not be allowed in this programme. This arrangement is for those, who don’t get to display their talent. We want new cricketers to walk into the circuit,” concluded Kamal.
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