COVID-19 might hurt women's cricket more than men's: Javeria Khan

Pakistan’s female all-rounder Javeria Khan has claimed that the recent Covid-19 outbreak that has brought the entire globe to a standstill is likely to hurt women’s cricket more than men’s.

According to espncricinfo, the 31-year-old blamed the lack of games for women along with the inability of capitalising on a successfully concluded T20 World Cup as the reason why women’s cricket will be hurt in the long run.

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“I think women's cricket might be hurt more by this outbreak than the men's game because across formats in domestic and international cricket, we play fewer games than the men. After the T20 World Cup many new fans around the world will have wanted to watch more women's cricket, but now they can't,” said Javeria.

The all-rounder believed that the current circumstances provide a good understanding of the actual problems in the world contrary to the normal problems people usually stress about.

“When normalcy returns, I hope we realise how little we need and how much we actually have. If I get to walk out on a cricket field again, inshallah, I hope I enjoy the game for the love of it instead of worrying about performance. Cricket, for many of us players now is a lot about stress. We're now seeing what real stress is, as people fight for their lives all over the world,” she said.

Javeria revealed that her training makes her family wish the epidemic ends soon because of the noise she creates.

“I think I've become a sort of nuisance to my family. I live on the top floor of our house, so every day when I train, those who are below me need to put up with a lot of thumping noises. They've started wishing for the lockdown to be over so I can train outside!”