By Tawhid Qureshi
The South Asian Cricket Academy (SACA) Women’s programme, run in collaboration with Take Her Lead, a charity dedicated to advancing equity, diversity, and the inclusion of women and girls in cricket, was established in March this year to support the progression of aspiring South Asian female cricketers.
With SACA securing professional contracts for 18 male cricketers since its inception in 2022, the women’s programme aims to replicate that progress, ultimately with the aim of raising the proportion of British South Asian women in professional cricket, ...