This article is about the women's game played in England and Wales. For another variant sometimes called "softball cricket", see tennis ball cricket.
Logo used by the ECB to promote women's softball cricket
Softball cricket or Soft ball cricket is a short form variation of the sport of cricket, played by women and girls in England and Wales. It is different from women's cricket: the latter is sometimes referred to as "women's hardball cricket" where a distinction is necessary.[1]
In 2017 the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) set up 180 soft ball cricket one-day festivals to introduce women to the game.[2] These festivals continued with, for example, 25 festivals held in Derbyshire and 14 in Cornwall in 2023.[3][4] As of 2023[update] there are women's softball leagues in several counties, such as Cornwall,[5] Westmorland,[6] and Yorkshire.[7]
^"Women's Cricket". Durham Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^"Women's Soft Ball Cricket Festivals". www.ecb.co.uk. 24 April 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^"Women's Softball". Derbyshire Cricket Foundation. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
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