Cricket Canada President Rashpal Bajwa has been named a Mentor in the second edition of the ICC’s 100% Cricket Future Leaders Programme. Rashpal Bajwa has been paired with Tuba Sangar who is Womens’ Cricket representative on the Afghanistan Cricket Board.
The ICC’s Future Leaders Programme, as described in an ICC Media Release dated 19th January 2022, is a “mentoring scheme designed to support emerging female talent in cricket and address the low percentage of women in leadership roles in the sport, (and) will see the women (mentees) paired with senior leaders (mentors) over a six-month period.”
The ICC Media Release continues:
“The second edition of the programme will also include two workshops with programme guide Belinda Clark AO, followed by several interactions between the inaugural batch and the second batch of mentees.”
Programme Guide, Belinda Clark AO said: “I loved being involved in the inaugural programme, I saw firsthand the power of mentoring and the amazing skills and abilities of our emerging female leaders. They have big dreams that have been powered by their wonderful mentors and I am confident they will make a positive and profound impact on the game.”
“We are building a community of impressive people who whether they are mentoring or being mentored are ensuring that the games leadership will continue to become more diverse. I am looking forward to working with another 20 future leaders from around the world and am excited to hear and see their ambitions come to fruition.”
ICC Chief Executive Geoff Allardice said: “The response from our first batch of Future Leaders has been fantastic and we are delighted to enter the second edition with another talented group of future female leaders of our sport.”
“The programme has incredible support from both our Members and the mentors who are so generous with their time and knowledge. There is a genuine desire across cricket to commit to creating a sport that is played, enjoyed, and administered equally by men and women and 100% Future Leaders is a great example of this. Congratulations to our next intake of Future Leaders and we look forward to a productive learning experience for everyone involved.”
Participants Second ICC Cricket Future Leaders Programmes
Mentee
1 Abbi Aitken-Drummond
Cricket Scotland
Mentor
Steve Elworthy
CEO, Surrey County Cricket Club
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Mentee
2 Amanda Reifer
Cricket West Indies
Mentor
Ramiz Raja
Chairman, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
—
Mentee
Harini Rana
Mumbai Indians, India
Mentor
Paraag Marathe
Chairman, USA Cricket – USA
—
Mentee
Ijeoma Okigbo
Senior Sports Correspondent, Nigeria
Mentor
Sharda Ugra
Senior Sports Journalist – India
—
Mentee
Joan Norton
Senior Commercial Strategy
Manager, Cricket Australia
Mentor
Anurag Dahiya
Chief Commercial Officer, ICC
—
Mentee
Karen Smithies
Administrator, Titans Cricket Team,
South Africa
Mentor
Andrea Nelson
CEO, ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup –
NZ
—
Mentee
Laura Peacock
Intelligence Analyst, ICC
Mentor
Dhiraj Malhotra
GM Cricket Operations and Game
Development, BCCI – India
—
Mentee
Lucy Pringle
Women and Girls Cricket
Development Officer, Durham
Cricket, England
Mentor
Finn Bradshaw
Head of Digital, ICC
—
Mentee
Margaret Sibona
Game Development
Manager/Warden, Cricket Papua
New Guinea
Mentor
Olivia Thornton
CEO, ACT Cricket – Australia
—
Mentee
Marina Iqbal
Women’s Selection Committee,
Pakistan Cricket Board
Mentor
Sanjog Gupta
Head of Sports, Star and Disney India
—
Mentee
11 Mary-Anne Musonda
Captain, Zimbabwe Women’s
National Team
Mentor
Rebecca Rolls
Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Sport NZ
—
Mentee
Michell Pereira
Match Referee, Sri Lanka Cricket
Mentor
Claire Polosak
ICC Elite Match Official – Australia
—
Mentee
13 Niamh O’Shea
Marketing Manager, Cricket Ireland
Mentor
Emma Baldwin
Head, Global Wine Delivery at Pernod
Ricard – Australia
—
Mentee
Nicky Britten
League Manager – Super Smash,
New Zealand Cricket
Mentor
Betty Timmer
Managing Director, Events, Cricket
Netherlands
—
Mentee
Samantha Hickman
Head of National Development,
Cricket Peru
Mentor
Warren Deutrom
CEO, Cricket Ireland – UK
—
Mentee
Shivani Mishra
Women’s National Coach Qatar
Cricket Association
Mentor
Hilton Moreeng
Coach, South Africa Women’s Team – South
Africa
—
Mentee
Stella Siale Vaea Tagitau
General Manager, Samoa
International Cricket Association
Mentor
Sarah Styles
Director, Office for Women in Sport & Rec
(Aus Govt) – Australia
—
Mentee
18 Stephanie Frohnmayer
Cricketer, German women’s national
cricket team
Mentor
Michelle Enright
CEO, ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022
Local Organising Committee – Australia
—
Mentee
19 Tammy Chu
Cricket Development Cricket Hong
Kong
Mentor
Beth Barrett-Wild
Head, Women’s Hundred & Female
Engagement, England & Wales CB
—
Mentee
Tuba Sangar
Womens’ Cricket, Afghanistan
Cricket Board
Mentor
Rashpal Bajwa
President, Cricket Canada
[Eddie Norfolk Footnote: Belinda Clarke AO played for Australia Women in 15 women’s test, 118 women’s One Day Internationals (ODIs) and 1 Women’s T20 International. She captained Australia for about 11 years and also served as CEO of Women’s Cricket Australia in the years before that organization merged with Cricket Australia. She has held different roles over time with Cricket Australia. She has been active in cricket development and event organization. She was awarded the Order of Australia, hence the initials “AO” after her name in the ICC Media
Release.]