Chairman PCB is pleased to announce
that Mrs Meera Phailbus has agreed to become the National Convener
of Women's Cricket in Pakistan. Mrs Phailbus has recently retired
after thirty two years as principal of Kinnaird College Lahore. She
enjoys an outstanding reputation in education circles for her experience
as educationist and organiser of women’s sports.
PCB will shortly draw up a charter of
responsibilities in order to put women's cricket family on the map
in Pakistan. The broad outlines of the charter would be to:
1. Organise women's cricket at the national/regional
& district level.
2. Allot specific time for coaching girls at national and regional
academies.
3. Encourage District Associations to have a women's representative
on their committees and to organise women's cricket at the schools,
colleges, universities and at club level.
4. Provide grounds and coaching facilities for women's cricket in
the major towns by associating women's educational institutions.
5. Instruct Regional Development Officers to ensure that women's cricket
is provided facilities, grounds, coaching, equipment at the regional
level.
6. Seek sponsors for women's cricket.
7. Raise representational teams at all national levels.
8. Include women's cricket in the new constitution currently being
drawn by the Constitution Commission so that it becomes an activity
under the aegis of PCB, in accordance with ICC guidelines for women's
cricket.
9. Network with schools, colleges, and universities for women for
the promotion of women's cricket.
Mr Imtiaz Ahmed, former Test player,
has agreed to act as Advisor on women's cricket in Pakistan.
Abbas Zaidi
Consultant Media/PR/Protocol
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