Getting ready for the Twenty20 party (0)
- 22 Aug 08, 07:11 PM
Men, according to the American writer John Gray, are from Mars and Women are from Venus, but next year they will be inhabiting the same cricketing planet closer than ever before when the ICC World Twenty20 takes place in England.
Including both sexes in the competition is an interesting move by the game's world governing body and one which, if it succeeds, should certainly raise the profile of the women's game.
But with crowds used to seeing six-hitting specialists like Chris Gayle, Andrew Symonds, Kevin Pietersen, Yuvraj Singh and Jacob Oram send balls into orbit, just what will female cricketers bring to the Twenty20 party?
To answer that question, I asked one of the best players in the women's game, England captain Charlotte Edwards.
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