The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)\ntoday announced a partnership with Uber for the development of girls\u2019 cricket\nat school level across the country through its Cric4Us Programme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The six-month partnership, which commences from the day of signing, will benefit more than 1,500 players through collaboration with schools in 14 cities namely Abbottabad, Bahawalpur, Charsadda, Haripur, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Mardan, Multan, Muzaffargarh, Nowshera, Peshawar, Quetta, and Rawalpindi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the six-month partnership, playing and training clothing will be provided to 850 children, while cricket equipment will be provided to 50 schools. The program will select a minimum of four schools in every city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With women coaches and mentors given priority, 50\nschool-based sports staff will be provided training. Twenty-five pitches will\nbe developed in schools across five zones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan: \u201cFor the promotion of women\nand girls cricket and the enhancement of the player pool, it is imperative that\nwomen cricket is developed at school level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe PCB has been undertaking many initiatives through its\nCric4Us Programme and plans to exhaust all avenues to provide better\nopportunities for girls to take up the sport and to see it as a viable\nprofession at a later stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am hopeful that this valuable partnership between the PCB\nand Uber will help us in achieving this very goal. I want to thank Uber for\nputting its trust in the PCB for the development of women and girls cricket at\nschool level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GM Uber Saad Naveed Pall: \u201cOur goal is to not only tell\nstories of empowered women but to create an ecosystem which enables aspiring\nwomen cricketers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe are excited about this partnership with the PCB to\nprovide opportunities to young girls who will go on to challenge the status quo\nby becoming change agents of the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cric4Us Programme is a women cricket development project launched under the flagship of Women Cricket Vision 2022, which focuses on the growth of the sport in schools and provide a proper pathway for making way to the emerging and national teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The schools\u2019 children will also avail the opportunity of regular evening practice, so as to provide them maximum development opportunities. The schools will also play matches on a regular basis, which will help children in developing the desired skill-set.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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