FIRST time to Hong Kong, first time overseas – Gabby Lenehan’s Cricket Without Borders experience is already jam-packed with learning.
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The 16-year-old is one of three Western Waves’ females selected – alongside Nirranda’s Heidi Stansfield and Wimmera-based Penelope Drummond – for the Hong Kong-based tournament.
Lenehan revealed she felt “excited and nervous” for the tournament, which will feature a women’s Twenty20 international competition.
There’ll be lots of meeting new people and my real aim is to go and improve my batting.
- Gabby Lenehan
“There’ll be lots of meeting new people and my real aim is to go and improve my batting,” she told The Standard.
“It’ll be great to see how other people play and to see what their techniques are and how they go about things.”
The Nestles product said the opportunity to play both junior male and female cricket had improved her game.
“The female game is different than the boys, in that it’s not as strict with the rules, but it helps me to improve on how I go about things,” Lenehan said.
Nestles president Bryan White said his club was proud of its involvement in female cricket.
“It’s going from strength to strength and it’s good to be a pioneer of it and to see Gabby perform,” he said.
White said while Nestles had provided funds to assist with Lenehan’s costs, it welcomed new sponsors.
