At February 5, the First Women's Cricket championship trophy final tournament will be held. Hamida Begum who is the member the cricket board's women's wing hope that their target is to built a world class cricket team in future.
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But the South Asian country has never fielded a team in an international women's tournament because of a lack of interest from players and organizers alike.
Thirty cricketers will be selected for further training at the end of the Women's Cricket Championship, Hamida Begum, a member the cricket board's women's wing, told reporters Friday.
“Our objective is to build a women's national cricket team,'' Begum said. ``We will also invite foreign teams to play in the country.''
The championship trophy launched by M. Abdul Aziz, president of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium on Saturday.