Local cricket is slowly growing its female profile as Westmeadows fields its first girls’ cricket side.
The team is playing in the North West Metropolitan Cricket Association, which along with Cricket Victoria, puts on a free girls competition on Monday nights at Fairburn Park, Ascot Vale.
The competition, for girls between 10 and 14, gives every player the chance to bat and bowl, and caters for clubs that may not have the full eight players to form a team.
The Warriors currently have four confirmed players and are looking for more girls to join.
Warriors’ juniors co-ordinator Dean Burgess said he hoped the girls’ team would be the start of a new direction for the club. “It’s the first foundation to establish a women’s team in the next couple of years,” he said.
Burgess said girls wanting to play didn’t have to have any experience. The team plays Mondays and trains Wednesday nights. Equipment and uniforms are supplied. The team has a coach and team manager.
“We thought if we are going to do it, we will make sure we will do it properly,” Burgess said. “Wendy Davis … has put her hand up to coach the girls team. Having a female coach gives the girls someone they can relate to.”
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