A level playing field
Updated On: 20 November, 2023 05:05 AM IST | Mumbai | Fiona Fernandez
Still reeling from the excitement generated from the just-concluded Cricket World Cup, our sutradhaars hope that girls’ and womens’ cricket gets more airtime and space on its beloved maidans
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My lady, you’re sporting a lovely tan; I even heard that you were getting a thorough wash this morning, Percy [the pigeon] had told me,” Sir PM inadvertently blurted out his unfiltered update, when he met his friend Lady Flora for their usual Sunday night walk. Lady Flora, on her part was a tad surprised that Percy was turning out to be more of his private ‘khabari’ than a true messenger pigeon who worked for the wellbeing of the city. A tad miffed, she nodded in the affirmative, “Yes, well, I did need a good clean-up, after all the maidan-visiting that I’ve been doing of late…” she hinted. That was enough for Sir PM to do an eye-roll. “Pardon my inquisitive nature, but pray, what has led you to the maidans of our city; a first, for you, if I might hazard a guess…?”
Lady Flora smiled that she was able to pique her friend’s curiosity, “Well, yes… it’s been my long-standing keenness to visit the maidans, and ever since this ongoing cricket competition has been underway, I have been getting updates that my countrymen, all former cricketers who are now donning new roles as commentators, have been visiting the Oval in particular. That was enough for me to head there. On one occasion, I was privy to that talented English woman cricketer, Katie…err Kate Cross, having a conversation with a couple of young girls who were seated there watching a few practice matches underway at one of the many pitches. ‘Crossie’ was asking them if there were any games featuring women or young girls, and to my dismay, and hers, too, they replied in the negative. I was a bit taken aback, Pheroze.” Sir PM immediately butted in, “Why so?” Lady Flora’s answer rolled out in a second, “I wasn’t entirely convinced with those girls’ response, so I did a bit of investigation myself, and scoured the maidan for a few days, hoping that I would be proven wrong. It wasn’t to be,” she sighed. Her dejected face made Sir PM feel sad for his friend; he was secretly amazed by how seriously she took the term, ‘an equal playing field’.
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