On January 31, the national women's cricket training team trained at Zhejiang University of Technology (Pingfeng Campus) interacted with a total of 60 students from Zhejiang University of Technology and Hangzhou Wenlan No. 2 Primary School, imparting the knowledge and technology of cricket and stimulating the interest of young people in this sport.
It is understood that in order to prepare for the Asian competition, the national men's and women's cricket training teams have been stationed in the cricket hall of the Pingfeng Campus of Zhejiang University of Technology since January 10 to carry out intensive training. At present, the men's team has travelled to Thailand to participate in the Asian Cricket Council Men's T20 Challenger Cup, and the women's team is scheduled to leave on February 8 to participate in the Asian Cricket Council Women's Cricket Classic in Malaysia.
Taking advantage of the training of the "national brand" team in Hangzhou, college students and primary school students in Hangzhou have this precious opportunity to experience the daily training of the national team. The "training with the cricket national team" event was originally planned to be held at the Hangzhou Asian Games Cricket Stadium of Zhejiang University of Technology, but due to rain, it was moved to the indoor gymnasium.
At the event site, Ge Tao, coach of the national women's cricket training team, explained the cricket culture and basic techniques to the representatives of teachers and students, and the team members were divided into groups to explain, demonstrate and guide them to complete passing, throwing, hitting and other actions, and then carried out interesting experience matches. The more than 1 hour of interaction time ended quickly, and everyone seemed to be unsatisfied, especially the children who couldn't stop playing.
Zhu Lanlan, a first-year student in the School of Humanities at Zhejiang University of Technology, had never been exposed to cricket before, but she quickly fell in love with what most people consider a niche sport. "Cricket is actually relatively easy to play, and it would be nice if you could join some clubs or societies. ”
Compared to other "layman" experiencers, Sade, an international student from Zhejiang University of Technology from Bangladesh, has been playing cricket since he was a child, but this is the first time he has competed with a professional player. He said bluntly: "I learned a lot from the Chinese team players, and this experience is very rare. ”
Chen Xiaolei, secretary of the Sports and Military Training Department of Zhejiang University of Technology and director of the cricket hall, told reporters that this event greatly stimulated students' interest in cricket, and the school is looking forward to long-term cooperation with more primary and secondary schools and colleges and universities in the future to jointly develop cricket.