“We have a lot of young girls that understand the sport and want to take it further… a lot of high school and junior high kids that want to play and want to wear that jersey, so we want to prep it for them and make sure that they have the opportunity to perform for Edmonton, Alberta, and possibly in the future for the country of Canada,” - Savneet 

TURN Sports host Navin Ramharak is joined by members of Edmonton Women’s Cricket Savneet Kandola, Krima Kapadia, and Amarpal Kaur to discuss the women’s cricket scene in Edmonton, how the next generation is getting involved in the sport and its growth, leagues that are happening in the city, representing team Canada, qualifying for the World Cup and much more in this episode. 

At the beginning of their discussion, Savneet and Krima give a quick introduction and their journey in the sport of Cricket so far (1:07), an update on Women’s Cricket in Edmonton (3:42), how we can get the next generation more involved in the sport (6:20), what leagues are going on in the city (7:25), when provincials take place (9:12) and where listeners can go and reach out to support Women’s Cricket (10:18). Next Amarpal joins the program and gives a quick introduction of herself (11:36), how it feels to represent Team Canada (12:38), who funds the tournament’s that the teams participate in (14:07), the process of qualifying to the World Cup (15:03), whether they will be adding additional players in the coming years (16:56), what the Ranji Cricket Championship is (19:47), who their inspirations were growing up in sports (20:38), and finally, what sport of Cricket is lacking on the women’s side in the city (23:41). 

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