Regina women want to play cricket competitively, but their teams keep folding

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Cricket is one of the world's most recognized sports, played in 120 countries worldwide. So why is it so difficult to keep women's teams up and running in Regina?

The Queen City has more than 24 clubs and at least 30 teams. But all of them are for men.

There has been at least one women's team — affiliated with local club the Titans — in the past.

Filmmaker Ayesha Mohsin has played cricket. She wanted to profile the Titans women's team this spring in a mini-documentary for CBC's Creator Network. But that wasn't possible, because the team had gradually fizzed out. 

Instead, Mohsin interviewed people about why the sport is important to them and what needs to be done to help get a women's team back in action.

Misbah Rasool is one of the people that hopes women's cricket can make a comeback in Regina. The player and coach comes from a family with a long cricket history. Her father was a cricket star in Pakistan, her brother played for a club in Regina and her son Baidar Bakht played on Canada's U19 team.

Rasool's daughter Minahil Fatima said she's grown up watching her mother and other family members play cricket.

"That sport really brings her happiness. Like, even now watching the game, she's like the first one on it," said Fatima. "She's like the most happy about it. Even now you can ask her, and she'll be ready to play, like, any day now."

Krishna Trivedi and Aeshaben Vyas were also part of the now-defunct Titan's women's team. They both say they hope to get another team going.

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