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The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is all set to come up with a tactic to tackle gender disparity in its annual general meeting (AGM) at Lord's on May 7. The distinguished cricket club is emphasising on increasing the number of women among its members. Currently, it has only 18,350 full members which reveals that fewer than 3% are women members. At a pre-AGM meeting in April, leading MCC committee figures expressed their discontent at the sluggish progress. As per reports, going through the current development, the MCC will pull off a 80-20% male-to-female ratio by the year 2075.
MCC Chief Executive Rob Lawson, Chairman Mark Nicholas and President Lord King have taken the matter seriously and they have decided to address the conundrum. The legendary cricket club has come up with some steps to increase the number of women among its active playing members, essentially a way for participants to encourage themselves to membership by representing the club in schedules. Last year, there was a 77% rise in women applying to qualify as player members while the number of women's out-games played by the MCC soared by 34%.
Former England selector Ed Smith becomes MCC’s new President
In the latest development, an update has come up from the MCC event going on at the iconic Lord’s. Former England Selector Ed Smith is announced the new President of the illustrious and oldest cricket club. He is appointed for the post for 12 months and his tenure will begin on October 1.
Ed Smith is a renowned figure in the cricket circle. He retired from international cricket in 2003 after representing England in three Tests. In 2018, he became chief selector of England’s men’s side and under his stint, the English side became World Cup champions in 2019, while hosting the marquee One-Day International (ODI) event at home.
