We are living in 21st century everyone is considered equal in this society, we as humans always want equality in everything, and we want equal opportunities equal respect in every field. Women are now walking shoulder to shoulder with men, they are today marking their empowerment in almost every area, from defense to pilot to mountain climbing, women has always showed what they are capable of.
If we talk about women empowerment, women Cricket is also a very good aspect of it. There is good growth in woman cricket in the recent years in both popularity and participation aspect. Many domestic leagues like the Women Big Bash League were introduced to promote Women Cricket. Test Series and Bilateral series between nations are also organized on regular basis for enhancing its quality and popularity among audience.
Women Cricket has come a long way and still it has to cover a lot. There was an initiative taken by the International Council of Cricket for promoting equality in the game of cricket. Recently ICC has announced the word ‘batsman’ to be replaced with ‘batter’ everywhere in the International Cricket playing conditions starting from this Men’s T20 world cup.
Reasons Behind it
This gender neutralizing term is a small step towards ending the issue related to terminology in the field of cricket it was necessary to boost and balance the women cricket. There is great need for these kind steps as women cricket is plagued by lack of sponsors and lack of fanfare too. These initiatives will possibly become a positive step in the future of Women Cricket.
From where it started
MCC the Marylebone Cricket last month announced it would be replacing the word batsmen with batter in the laws of cricket. This immediate effect was taken to ensure the term cricket as an inclusive sport.
MCC believes that the use of gender-neutral terminology helps reinforce cricket’s status as an inclusive game for all,” MCC, the custodians of the game, the amendments are a natural evolution from work already undertaken in this area as well as an essential part of MCC’s global responsibility to the sport,” said by MCC official.
Later it was appreciated and promoted by ICC’s acting CEO Geoff Allardice he welcomed MCC’s decision with gratitude.
Geoff Allardice in his statement said “The ICC has been utilizing the term batter for some time now across our channels and in commentary and we welcome the MCC’s decision to implement it into the Laws of cricket and will follow suit with our playing conditions that are derived from the Laws, this is a natural and perhaps overdue evolution of our sport and now our batters are gender-neutral in the same way as bowlers, fielders and wicket keepers, it’s a small change but one that will have significant impact on cricket being viewed as a more inclusive sport.”
The decision was appreciated by fans and various cricket superstars this change also brings some other questions along with it, does this change will help in boosting women cricket? Will there be any changes in the term like ‘third men’ will it be referred as ‘third’? We hope ICC will provide satisfactory answers to these questions soon.
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