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00:00to prove that cricket wasn't just for the elite.
00:02F***ing zoo this, innit?
00:04By creating a team like no other in his hometown of Preston.
00:07What has he got us wearing?
00:09Well, that's a shot, isn't it?
00:10Over the course of a turbulent season...
00:12Seriously, I'm getting f***ed off of you.
00:14...and an overseas cricket tour to India...
00:16We're all going to find out something about ourselves, me included.
00:19Freddy changed the lives of his unlikely team in more ways than one.
00:23We can do this, all right? Yeah.
00:25We're all here for you.
00:26Inspired by the success of the lads from Preston...
00:29Are you messin'?
00:30Freddy now wants to see if he can expand the project...
00:33That's a shot.
00:34..and begin a Field of Dreams cricket league...
00:36That's safe, yeah.
00:37Yeah, get a sense out of your depth.
00:38..with the hope of reaching even more kids across the UK.
00:42No, no, no, no! Not one bit of that is fun of.
00:45But so far, his boys' team in Liverpool have started to lose enthusiasm.
00:50This is so much effort, lads.
00:51His plans to restore one of the oldest clubs in Manchester have hit a brick wall...
00:56We're on our knees.
00:57This is rock bottom here now, isn't it?
00:59..and to make matters worse, the girls in Blackpool have struggled to bond as a team.
01:04Don't get lippy, mate.
01:05Oh, short, Maddy.
01:06Hate of the stupid cow.
01:07Let's just do some cricket.
01:19Somewhere are you getting your pads on?
01:21In Blackpool, Freddy's girls' team have now been training together for the past two months.
01:26Right, we're good to go.
01:27But they've yet to play their first match.
01:30Go on, keep running, running.
01:31And many are still struggling with the hard ball.
01:34I'm going now!
01:35Oi, oi, oi, oi, language, language!
01:38So tonight is all about seeing if they're ready to play a game.
01:43Can you leave me at his house?
01:45I don't want to put them in a game against another team and embarrass them.
01:48I want them to compete.
01:49I want them to feel confident in what they're doing.
01:51But tonight we'll just see how far they've come.
01:53And if they are ready for that first game.
01:56Goal, ball!
01:57Goal, ball!
01:57Good!
01:58Right, swap hands!
01:59If it goes well, it could bring some confidence out of them.
02:02It could spur them on to do more and more.
02:05But on the flip side of that, though, if it goes badly, it could be back to square one.
02:10Oh, my God!
02:12Now we're playing cricket.
02:13Summer, you ready?
02:18You alright, Summer?
02:21Oh, no, no, no.
02:22Oh, God.
02:23You alright?
02:28It always happens to me, doesn't it?
02:32Alright, move them, move them, move them.
02:33I can't, innit?
02:36No, it's not all we needed.
02:40Oh, I'm done with cricket!
02:42I'm done!
02:44I do think, especially with girls, our confidence does, you know, fluctuate a lot.
02:49You know, one week we're all having the best week we've ever had and the next week, it's a shambles.
02:55Oh, bold.
02:56Bold!
02:57It's not nice getting hit, I think it's a shock of it more than anything, and the problem is, she got hit on the leg, didn't she, all the week?
03:05No!
03:06And we teased her back in with a softball and a hardball, and she got hit again, so she's back to square one.
03:11It's hard, innit, because if we're going to play a game, we're going to use a hardball.
03:15You've got to have to find out, innit?
03:16Yeah.
03:17Luckily, didn't it, it's hard.
03:18No.
03:19All new ground for me, this.
03:20Is she coming back?
03:21Lucky, Mo.
03:22Lucky.
03:23For 16-year-old Summer, playing a new sport is something she's struggled with since joining
03:34the team.
03:35I feel like I can be, like, a bit hard on myself, like, if I can't do something first time,
03:41I feel like I won't be able to do it at all.
03:44It kind of knocked my confidence down.
03:47I just have, like, that feeling where I'm going to let the team down, like, I'm going to be, like, the failure of the group.
03:54In cricket, you're going to get hit, and it is going to hurt, but it's not what happens to you, it's how you react that says more about you.
04:02Oh, no, no.
04:04You'd actually be surprised at how rare this is, a group of girls all playing a sport.
04:09And it's, like, really a privilege to get this, cos I've never had this before.
04:14And I would never let my injuries stop me from this opportunity.
04:19And I don't think you should either, because you've got so much potential.
04:22I'm hoping I can get better.
04:24Obviously, with most of the group being, like, so supportive, I feel like I'm going to get there.
04:31He'll be great.
04:34On game day, you're going to get the winning wicket.
04:37I do think a game is really important in, like, building as a team, and it would mean a lot to me.
04:42Like, it would be my first match with a group of girls, which is crazy.
04:46How is your hand? Can you move that, your thumb?
04:49Tonight, it's been mixed.
04:51We've had injuries, we've had shouting, we've had burping.
04:54And in between everything, we've had some half-decent cricket.
04:57You know what? I'm just going to throw them into a game.
04:59What can we do? You know what I mean? We could be here for the next ten years.
05:03I don't know if I'm brave or stupid. It's a fine line that people tread, isn't it?
05:06But you know what? They might surprise us.
05:08Hopefully, the competition of a game will bring the best out in them.
05:11Could go horribly pear-shaped as well.
05:14But I'm at a point where I'm prepared to try.
05:16Freddie! Freddie! Freddie! Freddie! Freddie! Freddie! Freddie!
05:25For their first ever match, Freddie's taking the Blackpool girls
05:28a hundred miles across the Pennines from Lycashire to Yorkshire.
05:32Set in over 220 acres, Queen Ethelberger's Collegiate
05:37is one of the county's leading private schools,
05:40known for its academic excellence and multi-million pound sporting facilities.
05:46How's everyone feeling? Good?
05:49You know, I'm actually nervous now that we're getting close.
05:51Why? Don't be nervous.
05:52Maddie, should we go home?
05:54I think we're getting here now.
05:56Freddie, did you actually think that we were ready for this or...?
05:58I know you're ready for this, Maddie.
06:00These people are going to think we're like some stupid kids and that.
06:03No, no. 100%.
06:04No, honestly.
06:05Came from special school.
06:07They're going to look at us and think this is easy money.
06:09Let's go.
06:10You know the best thing to be in life? Underestimated.
06:12I get paid for... Let's remain underestimated.
06:15It is a complex group of girls, you know,
06:18and they've grown up in Blackpool.
06:20Where are we going?
06:21You know, you listen to the stories
06:23and some of the distractions they've got in everyday life,
06:26they're quite serious ones.
06:28Look at his kids! Look at his kids!
06:31Oh, my God, they're so far.
06:33What we're trying to do is give them confidence to try new things,
06:36push them outside the comfort zone,
06:38and hopefully that'll help them in their lives moving forward.
06:42Oh, my God!
06:44Whoa, whoa, whoa!
06:46Right, do us a favour, all right?
06:48I know it's all a bit different,
06:49but when we get off, just remember that these...
06:52We're being hosted by these.
06:53They've invited us here.
06:54Introduce yourselves, be nice,
06:56and just show yourselves off.
06:58All right?
07:00Hey, all right?
07:03Hi, I'm Fred, nice to meet you.
07:04Thanks for having us.
07:05Yeah, yeah.
07:06Nice to meet you.
07:07Hey, Warren, how are you?
07:08All right, thanks for having us.
07:09We're excited.
07:10I'm Madison, nice to meet you.
07:11Nice to meet you.
07:12Nice to meet you.
07:13Nice to meet you.
07:14Matilda, nice to meet you.
07:15They're so harsh.
07:16They're so harsh.
07:17Wait, do you reckon they all had caviar for their breakfast?
07:19Look at what slippers are.
07:22This is really embarrassing.
07:24At least you've got one wave.
07:26Come on, we're going to go this way.
07:28We're going to show you that.
07:29Oh, my God!
07:31You guys have money.
07:34Why have you got a full-on park on a school?
07:36Honestly, it's massive.
07:38Where did all the money come from?
07:40This is probably worth more than the whole of Blackpool put together.
07:42What is this?
07:47You don't see this in Blackpool, do you?
07:50No.
07:51So it's a bit different, isn't it?
07:53Hey, I'm taking a picture of this.
07:56Maddie has lived in care from a young age and left school when she was 16.
08:02I was a very naughty child in school too.
08:04I swearing at teachers, being the class clown, showing art.
08:08One of them.
08:10Always used to get excluded.
08:12Is this grass?
08:13Yeah, this is astrome, I think.
08:15So, like, fake grass, pretty much.
08:16What?
08:17They couldn't really exclude me fully because I didn't care since I was 11.
08:20Oh, my God!
08:21The skirts have to be at knee length.
08:22Yeah, they're supposed to be, yeah.
08:24Get in home school.
08:25Do you mad?
08:26Hi, Madison.
08:27Nice to meet you.
08:28Nice to meet you.
08:29Hi, Madison.
08:30Nice to meet you.
08:31I actually can't believe this.
08:32But this is our first time playing a match.
08:34Is that really?
08:35Yeah.
08:36You guys nervous?
08:37Yeah.
08:38I'm nervous.
08:39I was expecting private school, but this is probably the privatest private school I have ever seen in my life.
08:45But it is amazing.
08:46Like, I would love to go here.
08:48It's so nice.
08:49So, have any of you ever been to Blackpool?
08:51I went to Blackpool when I was younger, actually.
08:52It's got...
08:53With all the lights at night time.
08:54With all the lights?
08:55Yeah.
08:56With all the lights?
08:57Yeah.
08:58Yeah.
08:59To the arcade, yeah?
09:00Pretty sound.
09:01I thought they were going to be f***ed up the night.
09:04It's like two worlds collide, isn't it?
09:05You know, a group of girls from Blackpool with all different needs and complexities.
09:10But then when you look at this place and you look at the facilities and the opportunity for the kids here, it's incredible.
09:16And I'm genuinely happy for the kids that they get an opportunity to come here.
09:19It's just I wish the kids like our girls had more opportunity.
09:23I suppose in some ways that's what we're trying to do at the moment on quite a small scale.
09:29Get yourselves ready.
09:31The dressing room is behind you.
09:32Woo!
09:33For the girls' first ever match, Freddie has given former England captain Kate Cross the role of head coach.
09:40Any problems with the dress, outfits? Kate's just here waiting. Me and Kyle just went over there.
09:47Yay! Look at this!
09:50Do you want me to take a picture for you all? First team picture in your eyes?
09:54Does it make you feel more like a team today?
09:55Yeah.
09:56Smile, everyone.
09:58There we go.
10:01Woo!
10:02Go on, Mads.
10:03Come on, guys.
10:04I feel like proper crickety now.
10:07Everyone all right?
10:08Look at this.
10:09I've just been watching them.
10:12They look very professional.
10:14Yeah.
10:15I'm hesitating to say it.
10:16Oh, wide.
10:17And I don't like saying it, but I see them as a threat in this current moment.
10:20Oh, hold on.
10:21Rewind.
10:22No one's a threat.
10:23We're the threat.
10:24Ooh, let's have it.
10:25We wish we would win.
10:26We're going to win.
10:27We're going to win.
10:28Just one thing we haven't mentioned going into this game, I've not named a captain.
10:31The one person that springs to mind, we've had a chat about it, and it's obvious, it's
10:35someone who wanted to play in a girls' team.
10:37I think even better to lead a girls' team.
10:39Matilda, congratulations.
10:40You're our captain.
10:41Woo!
10:42Yay!
10:43Oh, thanks.
10:44I feel really privileged.
10:47Like, being told you're going to be captain for Freddie Flintoff's team by Freddie Flintoff,
10:52like, it's not something you get told every day, is it?
10:56I don't think it matters if we win or not, as long as we go out there, try our hardest.
11:00Let's go and smash it.
11:02Thank you, Manny.
11:03Right, let's have a warm up.
11:06Despite excitement riding high, the girls' confidence is about to be tested, as they face
11:11a more experienced team on an artificial pitch with a hard cricket ball.
11:16Are we doing hard balls?
11:18Yes, we will be.
11:20I'm scared.
11:2116-year-old Summer has struggled with the hard ball throughout training.
11:26No, I'm going to be sick.
11:36I'm going to be sick.
11:41Summer's had a bit of a wobble.
11:43You know, they come to a new place, a new environment, we're challenging them to a game
11:46of cricket against kids who they think are probably far better than them.
11:50And it's inevitable.
11:51There's going to be some nerves, there's going to be some anxiety.
11:54It's moments like this where you're not quite sure what to do, do you?
11:57I'm not training this.
11:59What?
12:00What's up?
12:01No way.
12:02What's happened?
12:03What's happened?
12:04We're not even playing any cricket yet.
12:06We don't want to do with you.
12:07You don't have to do it then.
12:08But, every time, when you've had a good day at cricket, you've loved it.
12:13And what happens now is you work yourself up and it's never as bad as you think.
12:18You're here to enjoy it.
12:19You don't have, if it's making you this upset, you don't have to do it.
12:21They've built it up so much in their own minds and there's this expectation and pressure
12:25where, you know, it's a big win being here in the first place.
12:30But Summer isn't the only girl suffering from last-minute nerves.
12:34I'm scared.
12:35Why?
12:36You've just got to relax and enjoy it.
12:38Awesome.
12:39It's a game of cricket.
12:40All right, you ready, mates?
12:41Well done.
12:42Everyone is going to support you.
12:43You've got your captain here.
12:44I'm so scared.
12:45Everyone's here for us.
12:46Relax.
12:47Everyone's nervous.
12:48Stress yourself out before it's even.
12:50Hey, Summer's out.
12:52Yes.
12:53Ultimately, it doesn't matter.
12:54You know, it'd be lovely if they won, wouldn't it?
12:56And that bus went way home would be a rocket.
12:59But I don't know, to be honest.
13:02We'll see what happens, wouldn't we?
13:04So we're fielding first.
13:05Then you're going to bat.
13:07Listen to Matilda.
13:08She is your captain today.
13:09Help her out as well.
13:10Right, you ready to go?
13:12Right, am I even?
13:13Three, two, one.
13:14Woo!
13:15I've got absolutely no idea how this is going to go.
13:19Me neither, but you ought to go.
13:21Yeah, thanks.
13:22Thanks.
13:23I think if they get through the ten overs with no one walking off the pitch, that's a bonus.
13:29Having won the toss, Freddie's girls from Blackpool are fielding first.
13:33Come on, Mila!
13:34Woo!
13:35Come on, Mila!
13:36Yes, Mila!
13:39Yes, Mila!
13:40Mila!
13:41Mila!
13:42Mila!
13:43And have managed to get their first ever wicket from their first ball bowled.
13:48What's that close up to winning?
13:50Yes!
13:51What are you crying?
13:53What are you crying?
13:55Oh, she's crying again.
13:56We've only had one ball.
13:58Haven't we got a wicket?
13:59Come on, Matilda!
14:00Yes!
14:01Yes!
14:02Yes!
14:03Yes!
14:04Come on, Molly!
14:05You've got me!
14:06Shut up!
14:07Yes, Mo!
14:08Well done, Molly!
14:09Despite a positive start, the opposition are still managing to rack up runs.
14:15I just nearly died!
14:16Come on, Matilda!
14:17And it's all right!
14:18Oh, Matilda!
14:19What did I do?
14:20You nearly got a wicket!
14:21Doing great, everybody!
14:22Yeah, we're definitely doing well so far in the bowling and the field inside of things.
14:24I'm just excited to see how we got on in the batting.
14:25Yes, Mat!
14:26How is that?
14:27Oh!
14:28Well done, girls, yeah?
14:29At the end of their innings, Queen Ethelburgers have knocked up a total of 85 runs.
14:49Nice.
14:50Look at you, my two of us, Mo.
14:52Sorry, but I was petrified.
14:53Why?
14:54I've never done it before.
14:55Incredible.
14:56You've got all your feelings.
14:57What I like more than anything was.
14:58You identify with someone who needed help.
15:00Straight over. It's incredible.
15:02Well done.
15:04The girls from Blackpool need 86 runs to win.
15:07And up to face her first ball is 17-year-old Maddy,
15:12who so far has shown real sporting potential.
15:18Not in a million years did I think I was going to be in a cricket team.
15:21Like, never.
15:22But I'm feeling a bit more confident about it.
15:24I just can't wait for the match, Damie.
15:28Oh, she's hit her own stumps.
15:33You're out.
15:35I know, mate.
15:36It's all right, Maddy, yeah? Don't worry about it.
15:39Let me not miss. Walk her off, guys.
15:41Come on, Maddy.
15:45Wait.
15:46She hit the stumps with her back.
15:49Move, get off them.
15:51Don't care me.
15:53Oh, no.
15:55Yeah, Mab.
15:57It's all right.
16:01Oh, choke me.
16:02She's quite emotional.
16:04She's quite hard on herself.
16:05Let me give her five.
16:08Unfortunately, Maddy, she hit her own wickets with her back.
16:12So, obviously, like, she's out there.
16:14I don't think she understood what actually happened.
16:17And then, you know, in the rules of cricket, that's out.
16:20So, I think, yeah, she's really disappointed.
16:26What?
16:27Can you come back out, Maddy?
16:29No, mate.
16:30Come on.
16:31Come on.
16:32At least...
16:33What?
16:34Just come and spot the other girls.
16:35What?
16:38Yes!
16:39Yes, K.A.
16:41Woo-hoo!
16:43That's a four.
16:44All right, Mad?
16:45What?
16:46You all right?
16:47No, mate.
16:48Down with everyone.
16:50Sure!
16:53With one over remaining, the team need another 37 runs to win.
16:58Yeah, he's...
17:00We're just slipping away from us a little bit this game.
17:02But we're still smiling.
17:04It could have been so much worse.
17:06Now we've gone right anymore.
17:08What?
17:09Very nice tonight.
17:10What were they?
17:12Despite a strong performance, at the end of their first ever match,
17:16the girls have fallen short by just 18 runs.
17:21Well done.
17:22Great strike.
17:24I think when the girls look back today, they can look back and think,
17:28I see you.
17:29He'd be really pleased with himself and take some pride from that.
17:32Yeah, he might not have won the game.
17:33However, you know, just getting through it, coming here is a massive success.
17:38The only thing is, though, it was a shame Maddy got upset.
17:40But, you know, she's got to learn, hasn't she?
17:50Back in Blackpool, Freddie's keen to get a better understanding of Maddy.
17:55I think the hard thing with Maddy is getting to talk.
17:58She's so guarded.
17:59You know, she's someone who doesn't speak too much about herself,
18:02doesn't let you in.
18:03I suppose that's earned, isn't it?
18:04You've got to gain her trust and make her feel she can talk.
18:08So I hope today is somewhere towards doing that a little bit more
18:11and we can find out a bit more about Maddy.
18:14Oh!
18:15This is our ferret dog, lady.
18:17Oh, lady!
18:18Yes!
18:20Maddy has recently moved into supported accommodation
18:23to help her prepare for living independently.
18:26Can I have a chat with the crew here?
18:28She can make me a group.
18:29Yeah!
18:30See how far she's gone?
18:31Yeah!
18:32Right, Maddy?
18:33How are you?
18:34Good.
18:35Good.
18:36Hmm?
18:37Welcome to the gaff.
18:39You enjoying it, yeah?
18:40Yeah, it's quite boring, actually.
18:43Boring living on your own, isn't it?
18:46So what do you do during the day?
18:49Eh...
18:51Work?
18:52No.
18:53No?
18:54College?
18:55No.
18:56What about cricket?
19:01What are you thinking about cricket?
19:03What's it help with?
19:05I don't know, I just hang out.
19:07Confidence?
19:08Yeah, probably.
19:09Probably that.
19:10If you go somewhere new, whether it be the cricket, the football, or a job,
19:15how does it make you feel?
19:16Do you feel anxious?
19:17Do you feel nervous?
19:18Not really, no.
19:19No?
19:20I'm not bothered when I used to it to me.
19:22What about when things don't go well?
19:24Oh, I get angry.
19:25Really?
19:26Yeah.
19:27I've never noticed.
19:28Really?
19:29Have you always been like that?
19:30Yeah.
19:32You find it hard to talk?
19:34Yeah.
19:35A little bit.
19:36Why?
19:37I don't know.
19:38It's not easy.
19:39I just don't like trusting new people.
19:41Really?
19:42That's all it is.
19:43So you bottle it all then?
19:44Yeah.
19:46If I bottle it all, I'll probably start crying.
19:49And then that's not so.
19:50Or I'll get angry that I've held it in for so long.
19:53I've done that with a drink.
19:55And then it comes out.
19:56Yeah.
19:59I just try to hard trust people.
20:01Why?
20:03Because...
20:07Because...
20:08Basically, I've been in care since the age of 11.
20:13And with people walking in and out in my life, most of like, of my time growing up.
20:19And people coming in, me speaking to them, me getting along with them, me trusting them for them to walk out.
20:25So...
20:26That's been like a common thing.
20:27Yeah.
20:28So it's just been a struggle trusting people every time someone comes in.
20:31So from 11 to now, who's in your life from then? Anyone?
20:36Like, social workers and that.
20:38So they come...
20:39But I've had about 20 different ones.
20:40Right.
20:41And like, I've got on with them for a full year or two, and then they just go.
20:48I get that.
20:49So there's people coming and going all the way through.
20:51Yeah.
20:52Build a trust and then go on.
20:53Yeah.
20:55Quite very naturally.
20:56I get it.
20:57You've got so much talent, so much ability.
20:59You can be anything.
21:00And you know it.
21:01That's the frustrating thing about it.
21:02Yeah.
21:03When you speak, you know how good you are at everything.
21:06And you back off.
21:07Yeah.
21:08You can push through that, don't you?
21:09Yeah.
21:10So, yeah, if there's something you need, tell us.
21:13Rather than kicking off or getting frustrated.
21:15Every two minutes, tell us what you want.
21:17And see how we can help you.
21:18Mm-hm.
21:19You've got so much talent, so much ability.
21:21And when you smile, it's lovely.
21:23It'll see you.
21:24Look at you. Look at you.
21:25Good hair smile.
21:26It's true though, isn't it?
21:27Making me blush.
21:28I know she says that she's been in care since 11.
21:33I can't even begin to imagine what that's like.
21:37It's all right, isn't it?
21:39Go for the crib.
21:40You know, she talks about things where she struggles gaining
21:43people's trust and people coming in and out of her life.
21:46Mm-hm.
21:47Somehow we need to break that cycle or help her break that cycle.
21:50You are tidy as well, aren't you?
21:51Yep.
21:52Didn't expect that.
21:53Did you not?
21:54No.
21:55My bed, everything's hanging up.
21:56Shoes out.
21:57I'm hoping that Maddie will find something she wants to do
22:00and she'll grab it with both hands and put all that energy
22:03and all that enthusiasm and all that talent she's got into it.
22:07It's just finding that thing and helping her get there.
22:16With three new teams now up and running across the North West,
22:20Freddie's ambitious plan to expand his field of dreams
22:23is proving to be a bigger challenge than ever before.
22:26Doing three hasn't made it three times harder.
22:29It's almost made it ten times harder.
22:31I think that's one of the things that we're struggling with a little bit.
22:34But I think the very essence of this is helping the kids
22:39that we're coming in contact with and then seeing the kids thrive.
22:43I think that's success.
22:44Cricket isn't necessarily the most obvious route to do that, but we're trying.
22:53Right, is anyone else here?
22:55I don't know.
22:56Not yet.
22:57There's only three of us.
22:58It's been two months since Freddie held tryouts in Manchester.
23:02Are you all right?
23:03Good to see you again.
23:04Good to see you again.
23:05Good to see you again, eh?
23:06How are you?
23:07Good to see you.
23:08Good to see you.
23:09The dungeons.
23:10You all right?
23:11Good to see you.
23:12In the morning sessions, there aren't enough players turning up to form a team, which is threatening
23:17to derail Freddie's dream of creating a league of successful clubs.
23:21So where's everyone else?
23:22I don't know.
23:23We can't have a team with three players.
23:25Yeah, I know.
23:26I feel a bit apprehensive.
23:28We've seen how many are going to turn up.
23:31You know, we're getting, what, six, seven lads turning up each session.
23:34The problem with that is, one, it's not a cricket team.
23:37It's definitely not enough to support a club, because this is such a big project.
23:42You know, it's not just a team.
23:44This is a ground.
23:45It's a clubhouse.
23:47It's trying to engage the local people.
23:49Ultimately, we're trying to create something which is lasting.
23:54But I think tonight, we've just got to give the lads the best we can.
23:57And worry about that further down the line.
24:01One of the boys who has turned up for tonight's training is 15-year-old Hassan.
24:07What's up, mate?
24:08Good.
24:09You all right?
24:10You look tired.
24:11I am, I am.
24:12What have you been doing?
24:13You've not been coming, have you?
24:14Session?
24:15Nah, I came a couple, didn't.
24:17Don't think it's my thing no more.
24:18Why not?
24:19Nah, I don't even know.
24:21What would you be doing instead?
24:23Chilling.
24:24Chilling and doing what?
24:25Chilling, isn't it?
24:26Chilling my boys.
24:27Your boys?
24:28Yeah, yeah.
24:29Who are your boys here?
24:30Nah, not here.
24:31Why?
24:32Nah, I don't even kick it as the ones around here.
24:35At all?
24:36Nah, at all, at all.
24:37Do us a favour tonight, throw yourself into it.
24:39Yeah, I see.
24:40Give us what you've got.
24:41Yeah.
24:42If you don't enjoy it after tonight, then fine, but just give it one last go.
24:46You never know, you might surprise yourself.
24:48Yeah, I see.
24:49See how you go tonight, all right?
24:50Appreciate it.
24:51I had a chat with Hassan there, he's been brutally honest.
24:54It's a bit deflating.
24:56You know, you're trying to do something and maybe we're trying to do something that the
25:01vast majority of people around here don't want.
25:03That seems to be what Hassan's saying, but we'll give it a go, see how tonight goes.
25:06You never know, he might hit a few balls and want to come back, but he just wants to be
25:10round his mate's house, don't he?
25:11Chilling.
25:12You've got a quick register.
25:14Dominic?
25:15Yeah.
25:17Mikey?
25:18Yeah.
25:19Hassan?
25:20Yeah.
25:21There he is.
25:22Yeah, it's Hassan.
25:23Presley?
25:24Yeah, of course he is.
25:25German?
25:26No.
25:27Mo?
25:28No.
25:29Issa?
25:30No.
25:31Slim Pickens again, isn't it?
25:33Charlie?
25:34No, no Charlie.
25:35Shabir?
25:36No.
25:37No.
25:38That's us.
25:39Throw yourselves into it tonight boys.
25:41Let's get Hassan enjoying himself.
25:43You don't think cricket's for him, but we can convince him differently tonight, can't
25:47we Hassan?
25:48No?
25:49Maybe, maybe.
25:50Come on then Kyle, let's get going.
25:52Do you have to do this every time you play cricket?
25:54I'm like putting ratchet straps on back at Kyle, aren't we?
26:00That's the way.
26:01Perfect.
26:02Right.
26:03Yes Al.
26:04Run, you've got to run.
26:06You've got to run.
26:07You've hit it.
26:08I feel really bad, because it's obviously not working.
26:13How do we get it to work?
26:15That's the problem.
26:16We don't have a cricket club, we don't have facilities.
26:19Come on Presley, hit one.
26:21Shot!
26:22We could raise all the money in the world, but we've got six kids.
26:25Keep running, keep running.
26:26It's sad to say, but it just doesn't make sense.
26:29But then you see the lads hit a ball and laugh and enjoy themselves.
26:32You think, well, you've got to do something.
26:35What is something?
26:36I...
26:37It's a conundrum, innit?
26:39Yes.
26:40Yes, Dom!
26:41Oh!
26:42Dom!
26:43Oh, Hassan's off.
26:45Yeah, I think we might have lost one.
26:47Hassan's walked off.
26:48No, it's like, what can you do if you don't want to be here?
26:50You don't want to be here.
26:51Can't tie him to the wickets, can we?
26:54So far, you lads, bless you, you keep turning up and you keep coming.
26:57Hassan's gone home just now, but we're going to need some more lads
27:01if we're going to keep doing this.
27:03We've not even got a full side here, have we?
27:05Never mind looking after a cricket club.
27:07But, yeah, we need some more people, don't we?
27:09Thank you so much, well done.
27:11Just help pack up, that's it.
27:13Kyle, pack up.
27:14What do we do, Kyle?
27:16Because, I'll be honest with you, this is make or break now, isn't it?
27:18It's tough, innit?
27:19You know, we've done half a dozen sessions here
27:22and I thought we'd have seen some more people come in from the area.
27:26There's been nothing, has there?
27:28So, that's a worrying part.
27:30And the hard thing is that I don't want to let them down.
27:33We have to have a think about what we can do.
27:36If it ended and we didn't get a chance to, like, all get stuck into it
27:39and actually play a few games and stuff, cos I've been really enjoying it,
27:43I think I'd be a bit devastated cos it's given me something to do all summer.
27:47If it comes to an end now, I will be upset.
27:50Yeah, same, I'll be absolutely gutted.
27:52Cos I've met some cracking mates and...
27:55The hard part is getting the people.
27:57If we can sell our experiences,
27:59then I do believe that we can have a good few lads here.
28:02I need to literally beg people to come.
28:04Look at the turnout at the moment.
28:06There's only seven of us, you know what I mean?
28:09We need to get at least 11 and it's...
28:12We're struggling.
28:14For Presley, keeping the team together has become a priority,
28:19as the boys have started hanging out away from the club too.
28:23Jeez!
28:25Jeez!
28:26That's my pepperoni pizza!
28:29Presley's come home tonight with two of his cricket mates
28:32and seeing him just bonding with kids and smiling and laughing
28:37and, you know, it's something that we've always wanted for him.
28:41Cos he struggled through school, you know,
28:43with making friends and stuff.
28:46I used to get bullied with my weight and my heart.
28:50Can we kiss?
28:52I just thought, if I moved to a different school,
28:54I would get bullied as the same.
28:56But it actually is worse,
28:58because you're like a black sheep and a white sheep pen
29:03and, I mean, you stand out like a sore thumb.
29:06Do you want a pizza?
29:08I don't really like talking about it and it's difficult to talk about.
29:19But if the cricket ended tomorrow, I'd be gutted
29:23because I'll miss the lads, I'll miss the banner
29:25and I'll probably miss Freddie as well.
29:27Your pizza has delivered.
29:32I'm very proud, yes, I am.
29:34And watching him, you know, stick to it and enjoy it
29:38and him wanting to go further in it, you know, he loves it.
29:46At Freddie's third club in Liverpool,
29:48it's been a struggle to get the boys to regularly turn up for training.
29:52So he's relying on the lure of playing another cricket match
29:55to get the team back on track.
29:58I'm hoping the lads turn up and they're enthused
30:01because they've got a match on Monday.
30:03You know, we've played one already against the Preston boys
30:05and they got beat, but Monday I'd like them,
30:08I'd like them to put a performance in, to be honest with you.
30:11Not just on the field, but off it as well.
30:15I just want them now to, you know, show a bit more respect.
30:19You know, stop swearing.
30:22I'm not expecting them to be perfect.
30:24However, these lads can improve a lot in a lot of different areas.
30:28Might as well get cracking, aren't we?
30:30Let's get cracking.
30:32We've not got a team, we've only got four of us, five of us.
30:34Do us a favour, come on, we've got a game at me in a few days.
30:37Play of effort, not too much swearing, I'll be happy.
30:40All good, right?
30:41What, the effort or the swearing?
30:43Eh, the swear.
30:44How many do you want?
30:4520.
30:4620?
30:47Nah, it's too many.
30:4810.
30:498.
30:5010?
30:518.
30:52You said seven!
30:53No, we didn't.
30:55I'd take seven.
30:56I'd take seven.
30:57I'd take seven.
30:58I'd give you nine.
30:59They come out?
31:00Nine.
31:01I've already used one of them.
31:03Yes.
31:04That was six.
31:05Eight left.
31:06Four.
31:07We've got four players.
31:10Yeah.
31:11I think some more are coming, aren't they, mate?
31:13Who knows?
31:14Who knows?
31:15Come on, Connor.
31:17Use your hands, lads.
31:19I tried Ryan, no worries, Matt.
31:21Just shit me cacks.
31:23Yes.
31:24There's two.
31:25Go on, Ryan.
31:26We're finished.
31:27You've got three left all night.
31:30You're going to be struggling.
31:31Use them wisely.
31:35Ow!
31:36Well done, that's progress, Ryan.
31:38I thought you were going to use one, then.
31:40Well done, lads.
31:41The edge was there, you know.
31:43Saving them for later, though.
31:48Absolutely shocking.
31:50The turnout.
31:52They need to be getting their head in the game.
31:54Yeah, no-one's actually turned up today.
31:56Not too sure why.
31:57Because we've got a match in, like, what?
31:59Four days.
32:00And there's only, what?
32:01Four of us here.
32:02Don't reckon it's going to go too well, to be honest.
32:07Shot, Ryan!
32:09Seventeen-year-old Ryan is one of the eldest in the group.
32:13And despite running rings around Kyle at their first training session,
32:17is emerging as one of the team's strongest players.
32:20This is impressive.
32:23Whoa!
32:24That just goes to Sean, doesn't it?
32:26You know, he puts a bit of effort in.
32:28He was unbelievable.
32:29He's a naturally talented lad, isn't he?
32:32For a skinny person, I've got a lot of power behind me, to be fair.
32:36Even when it stacks up against us, and there's so many things which we're battling.
32:40We're battling.
32:41Yeah!
32:42That counts!
32:43That counts!
32:44We have to keep trying.
32:45No, it doesn't.
32:46That was a hand motion.
32:47You know, it gives them part of a team and friends.
32:50You know what?
32:51There's something else to do.
32:52They're not just hanging about the streets or playing on Xboxes or sat in the house.
32:55It gets them outside doing something.
32:57Shot.
32:58His box has come out.
33:01You know why that is, Connor, don't you?
33:05That's because you've got a tiny **** of nose to keep it still.
33:08Oy!
33:09Oy!
33:11Oh, my God, I did well.
33:13I can swear as much as I want as long as he can't hear me.
33:17We've got five in the end, haven't we?
33:19You have a vision of what you want, don't you?
33:21But it's just a constant battle, isn't it?
33:23I'm just thinking, what else could I do? What else could we do?
33:27I can't even blame a bang on my head for this one.
33:30It's... I generally don't know.
33:38You're going to hit me.
33:40We're going door knocking, boys!
33:42In Manchester, in an attempt to save their cricket team and find more players,
33:47Presley's rallied his teammates together to take action.
33:50Yeah, the plan is, we're going to take these leaflets, knock on doors
33:53and we're going to sell ourselves for the club, all right?
33:56Sell ourselves!
33:57Let's go door knocking, boys, come on.
33:59All right, let's go.
34:01I got the lads together today to show Freddie that the club's worth saving
34:06and that we all are dedicated.
34:11Bit busy at the minute, mate.
34:13All right, Nourish.
34:14Hopefully they start spending and the word gets about the area
34:17and the club starts getting more people.
34:20So, basically, we are trying to get a run-down cricket club
34:24back up and running and get kids to play.
34:27I would love that.
34:28We do want a team to go on.
34:29We do want to make something from this.
34:31Do you know much about the cricket club?
34:33No, not really.
34:34Right, well, we're trying to get it back up and running.
34:36We've got a training session next week.
34:37We'll love you to come.
34:39All we want is just a team to play away with, a team where we can compete, friends.
34:45What vibe have I never played cricket before?
34:47It doesn't matter.
34:48I'm not really good.
34:49Dom's not right good, so we're all learning together.
34:52Cheeky bastards.
34:57Despite the boys trying to drum up new recruits,
35:00the cricket club at Newton Heath is still deteriorating.
35:03But Freddie's hoping for some good news from Manchester Council.
35:07They came to Newton Heath and they said they were setting up a task force.
35:11They're going to do all these investigations
35:13and find out what they can do, what the club needs.
35:16So, hopefully, they're going to say, oh, this is what it needs,
35:19this is what we'll do, and we'll crack on.
35:22But that would be the dream, wouldn't it?
35:26Thanks for doing this.
35:27I know you were putting a group together
35:29and doing a lot of studies and surveys.
35:32I'm just wondering what they've thrown up.
35:36Hopefully, what a great news.
35:39We've done some building and structural surveys.
35:44The conclusion that we've come to is that the building should be demolished
35:48and a new facility provided.
35:51I think, in all honesty, I think we knew that anyway, didn't we?
35:53So, I've been gathering different people to support us
35:58in terms of developing a set of proposals for a new building,
36:04which is coming in for the construction only.
36:07So, none of the, like, fitting out for approximately $850,000 to $900,000.
36:17And then, when it comes to cost, is there any help anywhere with that?
36:21From Manchester Council.
36:23I suppose the difficulty we've got is, it's not our building and it's not our site,
36:29it's the trustees' site.
36:31So, you know, we're helping by, so, like, the planning application we will submit
36:38and cover the costs for all those things.
36:41But in terms of actual construction costs, with not owning the building,
36:45that puts the council in quite a difficult position.
36:48So, from a point of view with, like, your surveys and planning,
36:53once all that's gone through, we're on our own, aren't we?
36:56We want to see this project succeed, so we want to stay involved.
37:01I know you want to stay involved, but you're saying there'd be no funding,
37:06because there's a hell of a lot of money to find,
37:08because it's something you want to stay involved in
37:10and you want to see happen.
37:13But is there anything else that you can bring to it?
37:17For us to invest large amounts of money,
37:19we need to have ownership of that site in some way.
37:23But until a lease is bound, no-one can invest any money in that site.
37:32We were no further on on a lot of things.
37:34We know the club's falling down, we know it's leaking,
37:36it's got asbestos, not weed, it's in a bad state of repair,
37:39nobody goes, we knew that.
37:40But do people underneath want that cricket club?
37:44Thanks, Rhett, bye.
37:46See you soon. Thank you. Thank you. Bye-bye.
37:50You know, we were talking about raising the best part of a million pound.
37:53We've got six kids and no lease.
37:56I'm still not sure it's the right place to do it.
37:59Let's go to the nats. Let's get his nats.
38:03Come on, Molly.
38:05Three, two, one.
38:07With news in Manchester going from bad to worse,
38:12one team that's going from strength to strength are Freddie's girls in Blackpool.
38:17Yes. Come on, Ben. Nice game.
38:23But with three clubs on the go, tonight's training session is a chance to see if his dream of having a league of thriving teams is on the right path.
38:31This one here, I can see, I think, where it's going.
38:38The girls turn up, they're enthused.
38:40I can see how that can impact this club and hopefully women's cricket in the wider area.
38:46You know, this could be the start of something quite good in that.
38:50Yeah.
38:51Boutou, where do you think it's going with Boutou?
38:54I think, potentially, we've just got to keep them interested.
38:58If there's a game around the corner for them, I think they'll be good.
39:01I think we've got to do that sooner rather than that.
39:02If it's just practice, I think they'll just get bored.
39:05But we've got a team, haven't we?
39:06Yeah.
39:07We've got a team and we've got somewhere from the player.
39:09But Newt and Eve, I just don't see what's happening there.
39:13Honestly, I don't know who my defeat is.
39:16But the more I think about it, I just don't know...
39:19I just don't know where that's going.
39:22The one that's the worries new to Eve.
39:25The club's in such a disarray.
39:27There's no pavilion, there's no ground, there's no people.
39:30We've got four players.
39:32And no lease.
39:33And we're going to go and ask for all this money from the council.
39:37Yes, man!
39:39Yes!
39:40Oh!
39:41I want to keep doing it, and I want to do it.
39:44But at some point, you're going to have to think,
39:46hey, see, we could do something better somewhere else.
39:48But drastic's got to happen one way or the other.
39:50I think we'll have a couple more sessions with the lads,
39:52see if any more turn off.
39:54I'd love to let them lads down as well,
39:56but I'm struggling to see what we do with it.
39:58You know, we did well in Preston.
40:00This place seems to be all right.
40:01But Manchester, for some reason, it's not happening, is it?
40:05Back in Manchester, with the future of Newton Heath Cricket Club
40:10looking uncertain, it's been a few weeks since some of the boys
40:14tried to drum up interest to save the team.
40:17There's only three of yous, whereas have you been speaking to any
40:20of your mates trying to get them to come down or get them interested?
40:23A few of us have been door-knocking trying to get people down.
40:25How did that go?
40:28Eventful.
40:29Well, I've got a register here, but it doesn't really feel like
40:31there's much point doing it, cos I can see you all,
40:33so should we just crack on and do some cricket?
40:36Yeah.
40:37One on that cone, one on here.
40:40I'll go with you.
40:41It is a really tough sell, I think, as well.
40:43When you can't see the potential of a place,
40:45I think it's quite difficult to see the bigger picture.
40:47The cricket is the main sell for us here
40:49and we've not even got enough for a team,
40:51so it feels like we've probably hit a bit of a dead end with it.
40:55One-handed.
41:01Yes, lads, you all right?
41:02It's good.
41:03How are you?
41:04How are you?
41:05Kyle.
41:06Nice to meet you.
41:07Nice to meet you.
41:08Have you done any cricket before?
41:10No.
41:11Do you play any other sports?
41:13I do boxing.
41:14I used to do football.
41:15Never done anything like that.
41:17No.
41:18Come on, you're in.
41:19I'm always the last one to show up.
41:20Don't know, but you're in.
41:21We're going to do a bit of high-catching,
41:22but we'll use a tennis ball and a tennis racket.
41:24And just go one at a time.
41:27Okay, good effort.
41:29Do you want it a bit higher?
41:31Yeah, if you want.
41:32Yeah.
41:33I'll jump it.
41:34Yeah.
41:35Good.
41:37Oh, lucky.
41:38You've got to, like, bend the knees with it, innit?
41:41Do we want our hands hard or soft?
41:42Soft.
41:43Yes.
41:44One of the new recruits who's responded to the flyering
41:45is 16-year-old Miles.
41:46Have you played cricket before you?
41:47Oh, no, never, bro.
41:48Never have.
41:49Guess what Miles does?
41:50What?
41:51Boxing.
41:52You're a boxer?
41:53I met a boxer a couple of years ago.
41:54What boxer?
41:55What boxer?
41:56I met a boxer a couple of years ago.
41:57What boxer?
41:58Tyson Fury.
41:59Tyson Fury.
42:00Tyson Fury?
42:01Yeah, yeah.
42:02You're the Tyson Fury.
42:03You're the Tyson Fury?
42:04Yeah, yeah.
42:05You're the Tyson Fury one?
42:06You're the Tyson Fury?
42:07Yeah, yeah.
42:08You're the Tyson Fury one?
42:09Have you lads ever done any bowling?
42:10Bowling?
42:11You know, like, the action, the bowling action?
42:13Like, bowling, like...
42:14No, no, not like 10-pin bowling.
42:16Cricket bowling?
42:17Mmm, maybe primary and that, yeah.
42:19Yeah.
42:20Your left arm, that left arm, pointing at the batter,
42:23and as your arm comes over, nice and straight.
42:26Yo, listen, if this fool's criminal...
42:29I'll be right, don't worry.
42:30Don't worry about it, it's your first go.
42:31GAH!
42:32That's it.
42:33Great sound effects as well.
42:34Right, next one.
42:35Yes.
42:36Yes, good.
42:37Perfect.
42:38That's it.
42:39Don't worry about the outcome just yet.
42:40The action was very, very good.
42:41That was really good.
42:42I think, um, having Miles here,
42:45it's obviously a bit of a character.
42:47GAH!
42:48Nice.
42:49But straight away,
42:50you can tell, like, he backs himself to do it.
42:51He's never done it.
42:52And he's brilliant around the group,
42:54telling people, like, helping them.
42:56So, you know, this is how it feels it should be.
43:00Whoa!
43:01Catch!
43:02Oh!
43:03The aura!
43:04The aura, man, you know what I mean?
43:06Like...
43:07Tonight we've had a few new lads down.
43:08It's been really good.
43:09The boys said they want to keep coming and they're enjoying it,
43:12so hopefully we can keep up and get the numbers going.
43:15Nice!
43:16What's up?
43:17Oh, it's great.
43:18Like, there's actually people over actually doing training.
43:20It's mint, yeah.
43:21It's pretty fun, you know?
43:23Maybe not careers.
43:24Career thing, innit?
43:25It's pretty fun.
43:26Yeah.
43:27I thought cricket was, like, just for some posh boys, innit?
43:30Like, just running around going, hitting it and that,
43:32drinking a cup of tea and that.
43:34But it's actually, like, hard to do it.
43:36Like, you know, I'm sweating a bit, I won't lie.
43:38I won't lie.
43:45With team numbers on the rise in Manchester...
43:48Come on, lads, come in for a second, please.
43:50..40 miles away in Liverpool, things are also looking more positive,
43:55as all the lads have turned up for match day.
43:58Thanks so much for coming.
43:59I was worried the other night at practice
44:00that we wouldn't have a team, but you're all here.
44:02You played the first game against the boys from Preston.
44:04I thought it went really well.
44:06This is just an opportunity now to try again.
44:08A few things for today, lads.
44:10One is, like, stick together.
44:11Support each other at all times.
44:14Respect who we're playing against.
44:16Just try and keep this language down to a minimum.
44:19Obviously, we need a captain for the game.
44:21So, Freddie.
44:23So, today's captain, if you're sitting back the other night,
44:25he was trying to knock the windows in.
44:27Incredible.
44:28I think he's a natural leader of men.
44:30Unfortunately, we've not got any.
44:31LAUGHTER
44:34Now, so, Ryan's a good captain today, so get behind him, support him.
44:37Anything from you, Ryan?
44:38Last time, we didn't do as well as we wanted to do.
44:41First time trying as a team.
44:43We've been training since then,
44:45and we go out there today, and we go and batter them everywhere.
44:49LAUGHTER
44:50Right, cheers, boys. Let's go.
44:52The printer, yeah.
44:53The last match didn't go the way we wanted it to go.
44:56We lost, and I think all the boys, in the back of the mind,
44:59remember the loss and don't want to go through that again.
45:02So, I think it's a big day for us all to go out and show we can win.
45:07And that was just an off day.
45:09For the boys' second cricket match,
45:12Freddie so far kept their opposition under wraps.
45:16What's going on?
45:19Oh, shit.
45:20Oh, are we getting done here, Fred? I can't be caught now.
45:25Who is it?
45:27That's rough, that. Someone's getting niffed.
45:29Oh, niffed.
45:31Why are they coming in here?
45:33Why are they coming in here?
45:35Are we playing the bobbies?
45:37You dirty bastard!
45:39I can't be caught now.
45:41LAUGHTER
45:43LAUGHTER
45:45Where we're from, the police sort of just have it in their head,
45:58that everyone they see is a bad person.
46:00They're always trying to find you doing something wrong.
46:02You're going to watch the game?
46:04Yeah, but when we do, you just don't arrest us.
46:06LAUGHTER
46:07I really don't like plods.
46:08I feel like they're always stopping for no reason.
46:10I ain't shaking no hands, mate.
46:12Yeah, the ****, to be fair.
46:14Oh, it's up before.
46:15At least it's dry, that's the main thing, isn't it?
46:16Oh, yeah.
46:17We'll go easy on you.
46:18Please do.
46:19Please do.
46:20Yeah.
46:21It's the police, so they're all Tory **** anyway,
46:24so I'm not surprised they have a cricket team, to be fair.
46:27They're all good lads.
46:28All good lads.
46:29Yeah, looking forward to it.
46:30I hate the police.
46:31Young people in this area don't have a good relationship with police
46:34because they find fun in making your day harder and miserable.
46:38No, I didn't think I'd be playing busies, like...
46:40Once I'd seen the indication, I was like,
46:42I'm mad, that lad.
46:43You always want to get one up on Bobbies,
46:46so I think going absolutely **** everywhere
46:49will be a good little feeling for me.
46:52I'm the police captain today, so look forward to it.
46:58Captain to captain.
46:59We'll have a bit of fun either way.
47:00You get a smolte.
47:01OK.
47:02You get a smolte.
47:03All right.
47:04We'll see.
47:05There's a bit going on,
47:07they're niggling the police a little bit, which I expected.
47:09Hey, we're on the good side of you today, aren't we?
47:12We're on the good side today, eh?
47:14Bit surprised.
47:15Even as the police were getting out,
47:16there were some kids on bikes going past,
47:18shouting at the police, shouting abuse at them.
47:21And I can imagine a couple of these lads have done that in the past.
47:24Everyone in. Everyone, get in here, lads.
47:26Come here, captain team talk.
47:27Some big words.
47:28Where's Stevie?
47:29Stevie.
47:30Stevie!
47:31Stevie, are you all flat?
47:33As soon as we make a broom, he won't start the game.
47:36Boys, they follow me.
47:38They're all helmets.
47:39Big head, boys.
47:40Big head, boys.
47:41Big head, boys.
47:42Come here.
47:43We can't get Peter the barbies, lads.
47:46Boys, boys.
47:47Spread out.
47:48Spread out.
47:49Check at Stevie's, aren't they?
47:51I'll tell you what, they won or when.
47:53Yeah.
47:54Like they're doing, aren't they?
47:55Yeah.
47:58For us, it's about breaking down those barriers a little bit
48:00and actually showing that we're not just a police force,
48:03we are real human beings as well
48:04and we can come out here and have a nice time with them
48:06and hopefully have a good day.
48:09You seem like a great gang of lads.
48:10You know, there's always going to be that little bit of rub,
48:12those negative experiences on both sides, I suppose,
48:15and that apprehension from the bobbies thinking, you know,
48:18what are we in for?
48:19Step in a bit out loud, yeah.
48:21Well, as long as everyone can take a bit of stick,
48:23then we'll be all right, you know?
48:27Michael, lad, go ahead.
48:29Having won the toss, Ryan's decided that the boys from Liverpool
48:32are fielding first.
48:34Michael, you are bowling sublime.
48:36Just keep giving me them balls, lad.
48:38They are smoking.
48:42Swing and a miss.
48:43Swing and a miss.
48:45Hey, Adam, go a bit more that way.
48:47Putting together desperate to win a game of cricket
48:49against the police.
48:50A game which they hated.
48:53Nice, Connor.
48:54Have you got a swing?
48:55At least hit the ball.
48:57We haven't gone all day for you to make a run.
48:59Come ahead.
49:00He's a vocal captain of mine, isn't he?
49:01Yeah.
49:02I think he's been all right.
49:04Go on, Nathan.
49:05Oh, he smoked that one.
49:10Despite Ryan doing all he can to put the police off their game,
49:14the runs are starting to come thick and fast.
49:17Oh!
49:18Hand!
49:19And again, you.
49:20Hand!
49:22I ain't even bothering with that.
49:26Go on.
49:28At the end of their innings,
49:30the Merseyside police have knocked up a total of 78 runs.
49:34Do you think we can win, Rob?
49:35Hand up.
49:37Yes, Joe.
49:38How are you?
49:39How are you?
49:40Well done, son.
49:41How are you?
49:42Well done, captain.
49:43It's only the second game.
49:44They're playing against the police.
49:45So, I think they're feeling the pressure a little bit.
49:47I think that's a measure they really want to win this game of cricket.
49:5078 is gettable.
49:52We've got a definite chance.
49:53I'm feeling as calm as anything, mate.
49:56I can get that 78 on me own.
49:59Come on, Stevie.
50:01Sorry for the weight, boys.
50:02It takes time to be this good.
50:04Good luck.
50:06Have a good one.
50:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
50:08Good.
50:09This right, lads.
50:10Needing 79 runs to win, Stevie and Adam are first in to bat.
50:15Go on, lads.
50:16Yes, Stevie!
50:20Yes, Adam, lads.
50:21No-one's catching, lads.
50:26Oh, you're in.
50:27You're in.
50:28Lucky Adam, lads.
50:29Come on, Harry.
50:30Yes, lads.
50:34Yes!
50:35Come on, Harry!
50:38His box keeps coming down.
50:39Yes, lads.
50:40Yes, Haroun.
50:41Come on, lads.
50:42Smash this out of the park, Haroun.
50:44Come on.
50:4618-year-old Haroun is one of the team's best players.
50:50Yes, Haroun.
50:52Oh.
50:54Here we go.
50:55With him now at the crease, the runs for the lads are quickly
50:58mounting up.
50:59Perfect.
51:00Here we go.
51:01Here we go.
51:03Hey, we're doing well.
51:04Come on, Edna, please.
51:05Can I see you?
51:06Yes!
51:07Hey, that's a slight that as well, you know.
51:10Oh!
51:11Oh!
51:12Oh, he's going to catch it.
51:13Oh, oh, oh.
51:14Oh!
51:15Oh!
51:16Oh!
51:17Oh!
51:18Oh!
51:19Oh!
51:20Oh!
51:21Oh!
51:22Oh!
51:23Oh!
51:24Oh!
51:25Haroun's smacking it.
51:26I think you can tell the police are trying to get him out now.
51:28They've put all the fielders on the edge.
51:30They're taking it a bit more serious.
51:34Oh, my word.
51:35Is that a hit?
51:36Yes!
51:37Yes!
51:38It's great to see the lads, like, they appreciate how good Haroun is.
51:42I think it gives them a lift as well.
51:44Go on, Ryan.
51:45Go on, Ryan.
51:46With two overs remaining, Ryan joins Michael at the crease, chasing ten more runs to win.
51:53Michael, just think, ten runs, and it's ours.
51:59Go!
52:00Go!
52:01Go!
52:02We need nine off two overs.
52:03Eye on the ball, like, you're swinging and looking away.
52:05No, no, I don't think you're dead.
52:06And then listen to the shots, and I say, yeah, go.
52:12Oh!
52:13Oh!
52:14You're in.
52:15Come on, Connor!
52:16Come on, Connor!
52:17Come on, Connor!
52:18Come on, Connor!
52:19Hey, you need the baller!
52:20Yo!
52:21How many is it to win?
52:22Nine.
52:23Nine.
52:24Nine.
52:25What do you reckon?
52:26I don't know.
52:27Yes!
52:28Connor!
52:29I'm going to go again.
52:30Oh!
52:31Yeah!
52:32It's four!
52:33Four!
52:34Yeah!
52:35Yeah!
52:36It's four!
52:37Yeah!
52:38Yeah!
52:39Yeah!
52:40Yeah!
52:41Yeah!
52:42Yeah!
52:43Yeah!
52:44Yeah!
52:45Yeah!
52:46Yeah!
52:47Yeah!
52:48Yeah!
52:49Yeah!
52:50Go!
52:51Run, run, run, run!
52:52Run, run, run, run!
52:53Run, run, run!
52:54Fall to win!
52:55You're trying so hard here, aren't you?
52:56Fall to win.
52:57Thank you!
52:58The Liverpool lads now just need four more runs to beat the police and secure their first ever
53:05victory.
53:06Yes, go!
53:07Run, run, run, run!
53:08Go!
53:09Why are you running?
53:10Hey, why are you not running?
53:11That's easy to see.
53:14Oh, shit.
53:16Shit.
53:17Badge, we lose by the one point.
53:19Badge, what are you saying, lad?
53:21Why are you even putting that in this?
53:23This is life, no game.
53:25Come on, Connor.
53:35Playing on a team for me is something that you don't know the joy of doing
53:40unless you've experienced it.
53:42With being captain, it's just a whole other level of responsibility.
53:47You've got a whole team behind you, and it's terrifying.
53:56Go on, Connor.
53:57Oh, come on.
54:00Run.
54:01Yes, Connor!
54:02Go on!
54:03Go on!
54:04Go on!
54:05Go on!
54:06Woo!
54:07Woo!
54:08Woo!
54:09Woo!
54:10We've done it!
54:11We've shared that.
54:12We've shared that.
54:13There you go.
54:14Oh, well done.
54:15Nice to have you.
54:16Woo!
54:17Woo!
54:18Woo!
54:19Woo!
54:20Woo!
54:21Woo!
54:22Woo!
54:23Woo!
54:24Woo!
54:25What a shot to win it.
54:26What?
54:27Very good.
54:28Ha!
54:29Maybe you're not a bad coach, after all, Kyle.
54:31Wow.
54:32When we first started,
54:33considering none of us could hold a cricket bat,
54:35or not a ball,
54:36and we've gone out and done what we've done today,
54:38and I think we've done our own pride.
54:40Oh, come on!
54:42We smashed it to be fair, obviously.
54:44Happy we beat them.
54:49I was expecting them to be dickheads, obviously,
54:51because every situation I've been in, they've been dickheads,
54:54but once they take the uniform off and you find out that they're actually real people,
54:58you know that they're here for the better, not the worse.
55:01Yeah, it was incredible, wasn't it? They managed to win.
55:04And to be honest with you, I've never seen them as focused
55:07or as much desire to do well and win a game.
55:11And behaving the way in which they have done,
55:14for me, sport volumes about how far they've come, where they're from.
55:18I'm from here. I'm from Thoreau.
55:20It's made me think that not all of them are pricks,
55:25but some of them are all right.
55:27It's not all about us getting your hands in your pockets,
55:29trying to make you a criminal, should we say,
55:31or get you into the police system.
55:33It's about guiding you in the right way as well.
55:35We've got to protect members of the public,
55:36and we've got to protect yourselves as well and ourselves.
55:40I'm going to hope I never have to come across the police anymore,
55:43but seeing them out in the streets,
55:44I'm definitely going to think more their son and their knob.
55:48Has your view of the police changed by today?
55:51Yeah, I mean, at the end of the day, like, they're doing their job, bro.
55:55It's probably a stark contrast to the interactions
55:58they've had with the police in the past.
55:59But then over a game of cricket and a cup of tea,
56:02they've managed to find a common ground
56:04and a newfound, hopefully, respect for each other
56:06and a better relationship moving forward.
56:12Mayo's wrong!
56:14Newt and Heath at the moment,
56:16you're thinking, what are we doing here?
56:18These are better than this, don't they?
56:20We've got to look for somewhere else.
56:21I've got a new coach today, guys.
56:23What are you on about?
56:23Shut up.
56:24They try to wind me up.
56:26Girls are good at doing that.
56:28Who is that?
56:28Who is it? Is it the Preston Leads?
56:30Who are you?
56:30I personally really want to be, um, because they're lads.
56:34I'm going all or nothing. Bang.
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