SA captain calls for more investment in women's cricket after runners-up finish

South Africa skipper Sune Luus has urged Cricket South Africa CSA and stakeholders involved in running cricket in the country to invest more in womens cricket so that it can build up on the runnersup finish in the 2023 Womens T20 World Cup on home soilAlthough South Africa went down to Australia in a sellout final at Newlands on Sunday they did get the bestever result for a team from the African nation in a senior global tournament by reaching a final for the first time and ending up second best despite having two losses in the group stage of the competitionWeve done our best to give the girls in the country the best possible chance We would have obviously loved to win but I dont think we could have given it a bigger shot and more of a chanceIts obviously up to CSA and the Minister of Sport and whoevers in charge of cricket in this country to knock on doors and open those doors and give womens cricket the best chance they could possibly have to keep up with Australia with England and with India said Sune in the postmatch press conferenceAlso Read Revisited Key moments from the Womens T20 World Cup 2023 that you cannot missWhile Australia and England have Womens Big Bash League WBBL as well as The Hundred running successfully India will be entering the womens franchise cricket fold with the Womens Premier League WPL Sune hopes that a womens version of SA20 also comes up soonStart of WPL thats going to be massive for womens cricket as well Im hoping it grows with the SA20 on the main side Hopefully we get an SA20 for womens as well That would really really help South African womens cricket especially just to get that depth that we keep talking aboutIf you look at all those leagues they are in the top three nations and thats why theyre so good Thats why they have that depth because they have leagues where overseas players come and play and you get used to playing with them and against them Thats something we really need to look atWeve been asking for a very long time for an SA League I know its budget constrained and theres always resources and all those things but weve given our girls the best chance we could have And its up to CSA and everyone involved to kind of make that happen and give it our best shotSune was also all praise for the insane professionalism shown by the Meg Lanningled Australian team that won their sixth Womens T20 World Cup title and completed a threepeat of titles for the second time in their history of participating in the competitionObviously they are a world machine I think the level of professionalism is insane and I think their team the world has been looking up to for a very very long time and theyre the best for a reason I think if you look at the structures and pipelines everything is just lining up and everything is in order So I think thats something definitely as a country were striving forAnd I think we obviously look at the structures and you know want to see what you know how we can do that best in our country as well But obviously the best in the world for a reason And we can only try and get better and better to knock on those doors to eventually beat themThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever