Women's T20 Cricket World Cup: East Kilbride Cricket Club teen helping Scotland U19s make history in South Africa

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Nayma Shaikh of East Kilbride Cricket Club has flown out to South Africa with the Scotland squad for the U19 Women’s T20 World Cup – and she will create a little bit of history in the process this weekend.The team are competing in the inaugural event and they will become the first-ever Scottish women’s side to take part in a World Cup event.Sixteen-year-old Nayma is the daughter of senior cricketer Moon Mughis Shaikh and her proud mum is bursting with joy after watching Namya set off for the big occasion last week.Moon told the News: “Nayma is very excited and really looking forward to this World Cup – so much so that she wants to leave her mark by becoming the player of the tournament.“As a mother I am already proud of Nayma.

Being a cricketer myself I know that making it to the World Cup is a big achievement already.“We will be cheering her throughout her World Cup and will be praying that she achieves her goals."Scotland qualified for the tournament in August after travelling to the Netherlands for a best of three play-off for the final place in the competition.They won all three matches convincingly which will give them confidence going into their biggest-ever tournament.The opposition will be much stronger at the World Cup and their group for the first stage of the tournament includes the host nation, India and the United Arab Emirates.

The opening match on Saturday will be against the UAE and that will be a crucial match and the best chance of a victory, which could give the chance to progress to the next stage.India and South Africa are both massive cricketing nations and will be the toughest opposition Scotland have ever faced at this level.Nayma started playing cricket in 2018 and was selected for the Western