The women’s cricket league titled the ‘Metropolitan Women’s Cricket League’, scheduled to get underway in less than a week, will be following the same by-laws as the men’s Dhaka Premier League. However, with less than a week remaining to the start of the league, the clubs are yet to know the bylaws.
Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) women’s wing chairman Abdul Awal Chowdhury Bulu though informed that the bylaws will be prepared within the next two days. “We have made a huge change in the bylaws but we are yet to complete the new bylaws. I am hopeful about finishing it by one or two days and then I will forward it to the clubs,” said Bulu.
The women’s cricket league was originally set to begin from May 25 but it was pushed back by two days as BCB president Nazmul Hasan is not in the country at the moment. “Our president is outside the country and is expected to return soon and we will be starting the tournament within May 27,” informed Bulu.
A total of 14 teams will participate in the tournament with the players’ transfer already taking place on Tuesday. The clubs had to pay Tk10,000 as entry fee for the competition and according to the latest bylaws, each club can register a maximum of 24 cricketers in their side.
As per the foreign players’ quota which was introduced last year, each club can enroll four cricketers in their squad with two players permitted to play in the eleven.
Bulu also notified that the Super League phase might be introduced from this season. “We are going to introduce the Super League phase from this season and in order to improve the quality of the tournament we are going to start the first division league as only the top sides could participate in this league,” said Bulu.
The chairman of the women’s wing also informed that the board is going to increase the financial aid for the clubs from Tk1,20,000 to Tk1,50,000 and he also added that the board is planning to provide match fees for the cricketers from this season.