New Delhi, March 27 -- Cricket Namibia has announced professional contracts for ten women's cricketers, making it the country's first sports governing body to sign contracts for both its men's and women's national teams. The contracts were negotiated and signed in February, but only publicised on Tuesday.

This announcement marks Namibia Cricket as the first sporting body in the country to provide central contracts to both the men's and women's national teams.

The ten players who have got the central contract are Kayleen Green, Sune Wittmann, Arrasta Diergaardt, Edelle van Zyl, Bianca Manuel, Irene van Zyl, Wilka Mwatile, Mekelaye Mwatile, Naomi Benjamin and Saima Tuhadeleni.

"For the first time, we have been able to professionalise the...