MCC’s inner sanctum, off-limits to women until 1999, hosts quirky event where vast majority of attendees are female
Vanessa Williams, the American actress of Ugly Betty and Desperate Housewives fame, is on the surface an unlikely candidate to spearhead the launch of a Cricket World Cup.
However, at Lord’s on Thursday Williams formed part of an all-female panel – alongside World Rugby player of the year Ellie Kildunne and Nobel peace prize winner (and former Oxford University cricketer) Malala Yousafzai – which officially kickstarted the countdown to the 2026 ICC Women’s T20 World Cup, to be held in England.
