{"id":4802,"date":"2019-12-07T14:34:13","date_gmt":"2019-12-07T14:34:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=4802"},"modified":"2019-12-07T14:34:13","modified_gmt":"2019-12-07T14:34:13","slug":"ahc-pcb-girls-cricket-cup-2019-empowering-women-through-cricket-with-support-from-serena-hotels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/ahc-pcb-girls-cricket-cup-2019-empowering-women-through-cricket-with-support-from-serena-hotels\/","title":{"rendered":"AHC-PCB GIRLS\u2019 CRICKET CUP 2019 ;Empowering Women Through Cricket with Support from Serena Hotels"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Islamabad;07 Dec 2019-The Australian High Commission (AHC) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) with the support of Serena Hotels today hosted the 5th AHC-PCB Girls\u2019 Cricket Cup at F-9 Cricket Ground, Islamabad.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Australia\u2019s Acting High Commissioner to Pakistan, Mr Brek Batley, congratulated the schools on their participation and welcomed the continued support of the PCB and Serena Hotels for the annual AHC-PCB Girls\u2019 Cricket Cup.<\/h3>\n

\u201cThe Australian High Commission has been sponsoring girls\u2019 cricket in Pakistan since May 2016 to promote gender equality through sport. We began with a single annual tournament in Islamabad but expanded in Lahore and Karachi this year,\u201d Mr Batley said.<\/h3>\n

\u201cOur countries share a passion for cricket, so we\u2019re very pleased to support this event. Cricket and other sports can help tear down barriers and stereotypes. Every time these girls hit a boundary or make a catch, they are taking a step towards greater equality,\u201d he said.<\/h3>\n

The girls attended a five-day coaching clinic in the lead-up to the competition conducted by PCB first class cricket coaches and the Manager of Pakistan Women\u2019s Emerging Squad, Fizza Abid.<\/h3>\n

Mr Batley highlighted that Australia will host the 2020 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup\u00a0final\u00a0on\u00a0International Women’s Day. At the tournament, Australia will become the first cricketing nation to close the gender gap in prize money \u2013Cricket Australia will top up any prize money won by the Australian team to ensure parity with men\u2019s winnings.<\/h3>\n

Mr Aziz Boolani, CEO Serena Hotels, said, \u201cCricket is a passion in Pakistan and as a sport it embodies all the best attributes of any game \u2013 encouraging teamwork, discipline, hard work and strategic thinking. Under Serena Hotels Sports Diplomacy initiatives we support, facilitate and sponsor numerous sporting events and our commitments to sports diplomacy and women\u2019s empowerment have found expression in the AHC-PCB Girls\u2019 Cricket Cup. This tournament provides a wonderful vehicle for promoting and highlighting the importance of gender equality in sport.\u201d<\/h3>\n

The AHC-PCB Girls\u2019 Cup Islamabad involved teams from four schools: SOS Children\u2019s Village H-11, Sky School System F-11\/3, Islamabad Model School for Girls G-11\/1 and Islamabad Model School for Girls I-9\/1 Islamabad.<\/h3>\n

This year\u2019s competition was also supported by Malik Sports through the donation of cricket equipment and the Capital Development Authority which provided the ground facilities.\"\"<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Islamabad;07 Dec 2019-The Australian High Commission (AHC) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) with the support of Serena Hotels today hosted the 5th AHC-PCB Girls\u2019 Cricket Cup at F-9 Cricket Ground, Islamabad.\u00a0 Australia\u2019s Acting High Commissioner to Pakistan, Mr Brek Batley, congratulated the schools on their participation and welcomed the continued support of the PCB […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4804,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,84,85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4802"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4802"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4806,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4802\/revisions\/4806"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}