5 Live Cricket: How can we engage more people in cricket?

Test Match Special

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Cricket, Sports News, News, Sports

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🗓️ 9 May 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Alison Mitchell and Ebony Rainford-Brent look at the accessibility of cricket, and what can be done to engage more with people from all backgrounds and whether we should be feeling optimistic, or pessimistic about the direction of travel.

We chat about the challenges of finances and what needs to be done to support younger players trying to fund their youth career.

Scotland international Abtaha Maqsood also joins the team to discuss cultural differences and how the game has changed since she started playing.

And Ian Martin, the ECB’s head of disability cricket, explains the launch of the ECB Disability Premier League.

Topics:

3:45 - Tom Brown, a researcher from Birmingham City University, on representation

14:30 - The ACE Programme

18:20 - Reporter Jamie Reid speaking to youngsters at an ACE session

21:00 - Troy Henry part of the ACE Programme

25:15 - Finances in cricket

30:30 - Abtaha Maqsood, leg spinner with Birmingham Phoenix

40:30 - Ian Martin, Head of Disability Cricket at the ECB

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts.
0:04.7	The Five Live Cricket Show.
0:07.7	Good evening and welcome along to Five Live Crickets with me, Alison Mitchell.
0:15.4	For the next hour we're going to be looking at what cricket can do to make the game more
0:20.4	accessible for everyone.
0:22.7	And alongside me is the former England International Turn Broadcaster and Board Member.
0:26.8	Marie Ebony, Rainford Brent or Ebony Rainford Brent, MBE, as it is now, EVS.
0:31.2	Yes, thank you.
0:32.6	Fresh off it last week and meeting his Royal Highness, yeah, no, really honoured and really
0:36.7	looking forward to this subject today as well.
0:38.2	It's one that's very close to my heart.
0:39.7	Indeed, the visit to Windsor wasn't it?
0:41.5	It was.
0:42.5	Services to cricket and charity.
0:43.5	Yes, it was.
0:44.5	I had to get the curts here.
0:45.5	I got the first one down.
0:46.5	The second one was a little bit ropey but it's okay.
0:48.6	We managed.
0:49.6	Well done, well done.
0:50.6	Look, we will get into a bit more on your role as chair of the ACE programme as well as
0:56.4	we go through the show.
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