(Source: Express photo)On Friday afternoon, Anurag Thakur, former BCCI president, tweeted about women’s cricket in North East. “U-19 Womens Cricket 136 Wides (94 by Manipur Vs 42 by Nagaland), Low Score 2 (1 on wide ball) runs by Nagaland.” He then sent out a bigger-picture tweet out: “Giving full voting rights to each state w/out structured development of cricketing standards will harm the game. #LodhaReforms @BCCI”This was in reference to Friday’s U-19 women’s one-day game where Nagaland scored 2 runs from 17 overs and nine of their batters got out for duck. Back in Imphal, Priayananda Singam, secretary of Manipur Cricket Association (MCA), isn’t convinced. In their minds, it was start of the revival of girls’ cricket – performance wasn’t the goal but an event to kickstart interest.

Source: Indian Express November 24, 2017 19:35 UTC