For men, by men
Geoff Lemon writes in The Nightwatchman about cricket's refusal to look beyond being an exclusive preserve of men
ESPNcricinfo staff
14-Jun-2015
Geoff Lemon writes in The Nightwatchman about cricket's refusal to look beyond being an exclusive preserve of men.
It's part of a pattern whereby the women's game is - in all respects - reduced. Women play Tests over four days, not five. Those Tests are one-offs, not series. Their Ashes contest rests on limited-overs games. Double-headers are granted like favours, but their summer decider could be a curtain- raiser to a meaningless men's T20. Whatever the practical arguments, these things can't help but give a perception of the women's game as quantifiably lesser, smaller, a pat on the head.