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.
- ^ "Women's Soft Ball Cricket Festivals". cornwallcricket.co.uk. Cornwall Cricket. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Women's Soft Ball Cricket League". cornwallcricket.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- ^ "Ladies". Silverdale Cricket Club. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
We are in Westmorland Women's Softball Cricket League
- ^ "Yorkshire Women's Soft Ball Cricket". yorkshirewomenssoftball.play-cricket.com. Retrieved 9 September 2023.