The UK Women’s VI Cricket Team have named a 15 player squad for the first ever Blind Cricket Women’s Twenty20 World Cup, which the squad hope to attend in November.
The tournament, being hosted by India and Nepal, will also feature teams from Australia, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka & USA.
On announcing the squad UK Women’s VI Cricket Team Manager John Garbett said:
“There were some tough decisions for the selection panel. We have selected 15 players and the rest of the training squad will be on stand by as reserves.”
The cost of taking part in the world cup is around £60,000 and a very generous donor has been found to fund half of this. Can you help raise the other half to ensure the UK are part of this historic event? If so donations can be made at:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/paul-toplis-1
UK Women’s VI Cricket Squad if the team are able to attend the World Cup:
Totally blind – B1 category players
Atia Aslam (Surrey VICC)
Camile Elliott-Kamara (Berkshire Stags)
Hannah Young (Berkshire Stags)
Helen Lawson (Yorkshire Vikings)
Sami Begum
Susan Hookway (Surrey VICC)
Low sighted – B2 category players
Alison Heasman (Kent Spitfires)
Jess Lowe (Yorkshire Vikings)
Leanne Harvey (Surrey VICC)
Lois Turner (Yorkshire Vikings)
Other registered blind – B3 category players:
Georgie Ridgway (Yorkshire Vikings)
Kathryn Jelfs-White (Somerset VICC)
Laura Brooks (Dorset County VICT)
Minerva Ainsworth (Surrey VICC)
Sharnie Mabey (Somerset VICC)
