Peter Della Penna reports for CricInfo:-
Durriya Shabbir, a Canada women’s player, also spoke out against the move on the Associate and Affiliate Cricket Podcast. “Women’s cricket has always been an afterthought,” she said. “We’ve never been given the support from our board that we need to grow this game. Our boards are not doing enough to promote the game. If the ICC walks away from it as well, then what do the women have to look forward to?”
An online petition has been started to get the decision overturned and reinstate the ICC Americas Women’s Championship. As of Tuesday, the petition had 248 signatures. Below ICC level though, the USA Cricket Association has not organised a regional or national championship tournament since July 2011 while there is also scant evidence of regional or national events for women’s cricket elsewhere in the Americas. Meanwhile, the ICC wants to see evidence of domestic interest and growth across the region before they’ll consider restarting the tournament.