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The Calgary team is also planning for the future, trying to attract more players and grow the women’s league in Alberta.
“I was born and brought up in Canada and it reminds me of my roots back home from India,” said player Shivalika Katyal.
“My mum was always interested and we’d stay up late and watch games on the TV, then when I went to university and found out there was a women’s team I had to join it,” said Katyal, who’s keen to see other women come and give cricket a try.
“When people come and try it, a lot of them turn out to love it,” she said.
“Even if you’ve never played before and you just want to try it, we have all the equipment here so you don’t have to worry about bringing anything, you don’t have to bring experience, age or anything.”
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