Wests juniors are Batting for Change this summer

Wests junior girls will have extra an incentive to hit boundaries or take wickets after partnering with Batting for Change - a charity started by one of the club's favourite sons, Ryan Carters.

The club has committed $20 to the charity, which raises money for disadvantaged women in cricket-playing nations, for every girl registered this summer and they are encouraging players to seek financial pledges for every wicket taken or boundary hit.

Carters played in the Sheffield Shield Big Bash League before the Canberra export made the shock decision to retire at the age of just 26 to focus on his charity.

The 28-year-old is now studying a masters in public policy at Harvard University on a Monash scholarship and plans on using his degree to grow Batting for Change worldwide.

Carters has raised hundreds of thousand of dollars in partnership with the LBW Trust and said it was great to see his junior club get on board.

"I’m really proud to see Wests juniors ‘batting for change’ this summer," Carters said.

"The support of every member of the club, in partnership with Batting for Change and the LBW Trust, will have such a great impact on young men and women in developing, cricket-playing nations, where education is empowering these individuals to transform their lives, their families and their communities.”

Batting for Change has helped build classrooms in Nepal, a teacher's training college in Tanzania, technology centres across flood-stricken Sri Lanka and assisted the tertiary studies of more than 1500 Indians.

The women's sport movement has swept the country from skyrocketing grassroots participation to full-time professional contracts, and cricket has been no exception.

There are more girls than boys taking up the game as they account for six in every 10 new players, while female participation rates have risen by 68 per cent in the past five years.

Wests president Ryan Selmes said the club was more than happy to support such an important charity which helps grow women's cricket across the globe.

"Like many clubs in Canberra, we are supporting the growth and development of girls cricket," Selmes said.

"Cricket is a sport for everyone and at Wests we are giving girls from all cultures and all abilities the opportunity to get involved, make new friends, and improve their skills."