Hard knocks Women fight for their right to play cricket

Bisma Amjad plays cricket. She aspires to play internationally and was picked for Pakistan’s under-19 World Cup squad. But when the pandemic came, because she was a woman, there was nowhere for her to practise, so she dressed as a man to play alongside male cricketers at “gully cricket” – the street game.

“Boys used to play gully cricket even during the pandemic, but the movement of girls was restricted,” said Amjad, 19, who has bowled at first-class