See here how one community in Bradford is discouraging anti-social behaviour through cricket while encouraging south Asian children to take up the sport.
Cricket wickets Are the order of the day for children in Yorkshire at the moment it would seem, with a new initiative now in the offing to help provide cricket-based education, encourage more people to play the game and to reduce anti-social behaviour in Bradford and beyond.
According to a report in the Telegraph and Argus the Yorkshire Cricket Foundation and Shapla Sports Initiative have come together to offer free sessions every Saturday evening in the hope that more young people from the south Asian community in Bradford will consider cricket as a career.
Adil Rashid, Yorkshire all-rounder, has voiced his support for the scheme, saying: “It’s a good opportunity for the children to learn about discipline when they come into a team situation and learn about respect. The opportunity is there for them to progress. Things were a lot different when I was a kid. It’s harder now. I was not on the streets, I was playing sport.”
This isn’t the first such sports initiative to have been set up to help young people in Bradford. Back in February, Bradford City FC, The West Riding County Football Association and Kick It Out came together to launch Shapla Football Club.
It is hoped that more diversity in the game will be embraced by moves such as this. What do you think? Do you think these schemes will work? It’s certainly great to see communities coming together to tackle such issues head on.
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