Ickleton Cricket Club calls for more female players to join teams

A cricket club said it wanted to attract more women and young people to join its teams while fundraising to enlarge its practice facilities.

Ickleton Cricket Club, in Cambridgeshire but close to the Essex border, said the size of its training facilities had limited the number of people able to take up the sport in the area.

Club member Fiona said her 14-year-old daughter, Lorna, had to pause training this year due to restrictions on space at the club, despite having played youth cricket for many years alongside her brother.

"Sadly for Lorna, only four girls her age wanted to play this year and the club couldn't run a recruitment drive because of restrictions in practice space," Fiona said.

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