Never thought folks will stand in traces to purchase tickets for a ladies’s match: Sune Luus forward of T20 WC Final

South Africa captain Sune Luus gave an influence pre-match press convention forward of their T20 World Cup closing vs Australia. The captain mentioned that she by no means thought that individuals can be standing in traces to look at a ladies’s recreation in SA.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 25, 2023 22:15 IST

South African crew have fun their semi-final win in opposition to England. (Reuters Photo)

By India Today Sports Desk: South Africa captain Sune Luus has reacted in pleasure and disbelief that individuals have been standing in queues to purchase tickets for the Women’s T20 World Cup Final, set to be performed between SA and Australia on Sunday, 26 February. The hosts – South Africa reached their first-ever senior summit conflict in any ICC World Cup, after defeating England within the semi-finals of the match. Luus, talking forward of the ultimate mentioned that she wouldn’t put it into phrases the assist her crew has acquired from the nation.

“Yeah, I think that’s a feeling you can’t really put into words. I think it’s something we never thought would happen in our country, you know people standing in queues to buy tickets for a women’s cricket match,” Luus mentioned forward of the sport.

The all-rounder hoped that this World Cup would propel folks to return to the ladies’s matches on the whole.

“I think that’s, just where we are as a country at the moment and that’s where you know the women’s sport is growing to and I think it’s something very very special, and I’m hoping you know once this World Cup is finished and we play normal series and normal matches in South Africa, the crowd won’t be any different, and the vibe and the positive energies will be the same,” Luus mentioned.

The captain spoke concerning the reputation of the ladies’s recreation on the planet and mentioned that the people who find themselves nonetheless not taking ladies’s cricket critically are at a humongous loss.

“I think there’s a lot of good things that’s already come out of this World Cup in this country. I think if you don’t take women’s cricket seriously now, then I guess there’s no hope for whoever you are. So I think you kind of have to get on the train of women’s cricket or I don’t know, go play soccer or something,” Luus.

The closing conflict of the match can be performed in Cape Town, on Sunday.

Edited By:

Kingshuk Kusari

Published On:

Feb 25, 2023