“It was not easy when I was a girl. I wanted to join the local baseball club, but they didn’t allow me to join because I was a girl,” says Japan’s Shizuka Miyaji’s about her journey into cricket.

Her sports journey can be parallel to any Pakistani woman who is trying to make her mark in sports, especially when it comes to mainstream sports.

At the end of the day, the common thread is about women taking the space in sports and ultimately paving their way into making the world a more equitable place, one match at a time…

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Natasha Raheel March 28, 2022
The Express Tribune