More than one lakh tickets for the 2019 World Cup have been bought by women and over two lakh people will come to watch the action for the first time during the course of the mega event, claimed tournament director Steve Elworthy, here on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis has been one of the biggest cricket ballots we have run and the results have been incredible. We have seen more than 1,10,000 women buying tickets, we have 1,00,000 under-16s coming to witness and experience the World Cup,\u201d said Elworthy.The organisers hope that the tournament will inspire the youth to take up the sport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe have over 2,00,000 people coming to cricket for the first time. The picture that really resonates with me, when we talk about inspiring the next generation is Anya Shrubsole looking over the fence at Lord\u2019s as a youngster who was then a key member of England winning the World Cup in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elworthy, outgoing ICC chief executive Dave Richardson and tournament safety and security director Jill McCracken, faced the media at The Oval to outline their plans for the tournament\u2019s 12th edition and the first on British soil in 20 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe tournament is expected to break new ground in a number of different areas. There were more than three million ticket applications, with some individual games receiving as many as 4,00,000 applications,\u201d said the ICC in a release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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