The game is looking strong after a traumatic year but there remains the challenge of truly reflecting society, and not just in terms of skin colour
The past year has thrown up challenges like no other in our lifetimes, but as we look ahead hopefully to the return of some kind of normality in 2021, to the delayed launch of the Hundred, a hectic international schedule for England’s men including home and away series against India, and the start of a period of real excitement and potential in the women’s game, I’m optimistic. We’ve had a hard reset, but we might just come out of it better positioned to face the future.
When we first went into lockdown and all sport temporarily ended my fear was that the women’s game would be completely parked until the crisis was over, with all attention going to more high-profile action. In many sports it did feel like women were sent to the back of the queue, for obvious commercial reasons, but in cricket what I saw was a shift in the narrative.
Written by Ebony Rainford-Brent
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2021/jan/11/breaking-the-silence-on-diversity-has-put-cricket-on-hopeful-ground under the title “Breaking the silence on diversity has put cricket on hopeful ground | Ebony Rainford-Brent”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
