Published: Nov 29, 2015, 10:53 AM (IST)
Edited: Nov 29, 2015, 10:53 AM (IST)
Qatar Cricket Association (QCA) officials said yesterday that GCC T20 women’s cricket tournament between UAE, Oman and Qatar will commence with an opening ceremony at Asian Town Cricket Stadium at Doha, Qatar. The tournament will be played for a five-day period and it shall be for the first time that women’s matches will be played under lights in Qatar. In a conversation with The Peninsula, Gul Khan Jadoon, director of the tournament said, “Two matches will be played every day. The first match will start at 12.15pm and the second one at 4.15pm. Each team plays each other twice, and the top two teams clash in the final on December 3 from 4.30pm.” READ: PCB confirms Qatar to host their T20 league in February
Meanwhile, Manzoor Ahmad, QCA General-Secretary said, “Kuwait has a women’s team but they left for Thailand to take part in a tournament there, so they cannot take part in the Qatar tournament. Of the two other countries in GCC, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain don’t have cricket teams, so we had to go ahead with a three-nation tournament… We are awaiting a response from the teams to our proposal to host more GCC level international cricket tournaments. Our plan is to host more Under-19 and women tournaments for GCC teams.” QCA Vive-President Ronald Mendonca (who has served in QCA for a lengthy period) added, “We have been promoting the game of cricket in Qatar for the last several decades and we want to make it more popular and aim to reach out the local residents in a much bigger way.” ALSO READ: Pakistan women to host tri-series in Qatar
