More than 110,000 tickets for the 2019 World Cup have been bought by women and over 200,000 people will come to watch the action for the first time during the course of the mega event, reports PTI. “This has been one of the biggest cricket ballots we have run and the results have been incredible. We have seen more than 110,000 women buying tickets, we have 100,000 under-16s coming to witness and experience the World Cup,” PTI quoted tournament director Steve Elworthy as saying here on Monday. said Elworthy. The organisers hope that the tournament will inspire the youth to take up the sport. “We have over 200,000 people coming to cricket for the first time. The picture that really resonates with me, when we talk about inspiring the next generation is Anya Shrubsole looking over the fence at Lord’s as a youngster who was then a key member of England winning the World Cup in 2017.
