Girl with the wicket game: Malaysian cricketer hopes to inspire girls to play

It was her first time playing in a league tournament with the Tornadoes, but Wini smashed it and was named Player of the Match in the match against the Warriors. Photos: FairBreak Global

Winifred Duraisingam is on cloud nine. The captain of Malaysia's women's national cricket team has only just got back from Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, where she played in her first league tournament – the FairBreak Invitational Tournament 2022, And what a performance it was for the 29-year-old Winifred, who was Player of the Match.

"It had been a dream of mine to be able to play in this tournament and in a league. So I couldn't believe it when I got the invitation to play at FairBreak. It is an experience I will not forget," says Wini, as she is known.