By Admin 
Women’s cricket has become very popular in the last few years. Most of the countries have made the salary of their women cricketers equal to the male salary. Now career opportunities have also increased. Many players have started thinking of returning to cricket after giving birth to a child during their career. Meanwhile, the International Cricket Council has issued guidelines for women cricketers to return to the game after pregnancy.
ICC has explained its system for all member boards through guidelines. With this, the board can help women players to return to cricket after the birth of a child. There will be recovery, adaptation and planned exercise in the 16 weeks after childbirth.
According to the guidelines made by the Medical Advisory Committee, the board should appoint a special manager for each player, facilitate training, help in taking care of children and travel and ensure that medical facilities reach the players during pregnancy and after the birth of the child. Australian doctor Philippa Inge led the committee that created the guidelines.
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6 stage model
It has 6 steps as Ready, Review, Restore, Recondition, Return and Refine. In this, a process has been created with the intention of continuously monitoring the female player after the birth of the child till her recovery and return.
ICC Chairman Jay Shah said about this, “The ever-growing popularity of women’s cricket should be taken forward on the basis of opportunity, inclusiveness and care for the players at every stage of their lives and careers. No player should be forced to choose between becoming a mother and playing for the country at the highest level.
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“The ICC ‘Return to Play Following Pregnancy’ guidelines are an important step towards creating a more supportive and informative environment within the sporting world. By providing practical guidance to members, we want to ensure that women cricketers are supported during pregnancy and can return to cricket with confidence.”