ACC women's coaching course concludes.

LAHORE -- The three-day Asian Cricket Council (ACC) Level-1 Women's Coaching Course concluded at the National Cricket Academy here on Saturday.

Among the total participants of 16 from 11 countries, four women were from Pakistan who attended the course were Atika Sabir Khan, Fareeha Mahmood, Shehla Bibi and Tasleem Bano.

Other participants in the first courseof its kind, included representatives from Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Iran, Kuwait (two), Malaysia, Maldives, Oman (two) and the United Arab Emirates.

Ali Zia, the senior general manager ofNational Cricket Academy who was the lead presenter said: 'The course was designed for the participants to learn the basics skills of the game. After getting the initial knowledge of the game, they will apply the learnings on players in the 12-14 years age group.

Abbottabad's Atika Sabir Khan said: 'I had played cricket for my region from 2008 to 2014, but the experience of coaching is altogether different. The course helped me to know about the cricketing skills and once I return to my city, I will be in a position to teach school and college girls more passionately.'

Pakistan player Fareeha Mahmood took three days off from the national team camp to attend the course and was excited to learn the cricket skills.

She said: 'It was quite an informative course where participants from different countries too have learned a lot. The learnings from the course will help me solve my cricketing issues once I return back to the national team camp. I will share the experience with my colleagues and will help them know about the basics skills of coaching.'

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