Cricket is "not just a boys' sport" but women need more support to take up the sport, according to organisers of a contest set up to celebrate the Sikh festival of Vaisakhi.
The Vaisakhi Cricket Cup has been held for three years and, for the first time, more women took part than men, with 28 out of the more than 50 involved this year.
The event, at Warwickshire's home ground of Edgbaston, was organised by the Warwickshire Cricket Foundation.
"We want to try and encourage more females to play cricket so it's more of a sport for everybody to join in," community officer Simran Kaur Riat said.
She has been working on projects to improve the gender balance of cricketers but this is one of the larger ones she oversees.
"It's really important that we have more visual role models like myself in the community," she added.
The cup is organised in celebration of the religious spring festival, which marks the birth of the Sikh community and the start of the solar new year for Hindus.
Those taking part at the weekend were involved in a pairs tournament, with players divided into teams of two.
