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00:00to prove that cricket wasn't just for the elite.
00:02It's who this, isn't it?
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 for you.
00:14...and an overseas cricket tour to India...
00:16We're all going to find out something about ourselves, me included.
00:19Freddie 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 messing?
00:31Freddie 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.
00:39...with the hope of reaching even more kids across the UK.
00:42No, no, no, no, no, no.
00:43Not one bit of that is fun of.
00:47Despite a tricky start...
00:48Oh, he's done it!
00:50Freddie's teams in Liverpool and Blackpool are going from strength to strength.
00:54Three, two, one.
00:56Woo!
00:57But his third team in Manchester is proving a much tougher challenge.
01:02This would make a break now, wouldn't it?
01:04And his hope of bringing the teams together in a successful league...
01:07...is now hanging in the balance.
01:10I feel really bad because it's obviously not working.
01:14How do we get it to work?
01:15That's the problem.
01:16All right, good to see you.
01:28Resley, good to see you again.
01:30How are you, bro?
01:31Yeah, my brother.
01:32In Manchester, having struggled to get enough players to form a team...
01:37...the boys rallied round and numbers are finally on the rise.
01:40Guys, you're going to do some cricket?
01:42Yeah, come on.
01:43But Freddie's hopes of renovating Newton Heath Cricket Club have hit a brick wall...
01:47...as the club's lease is still missing...
01:49...and fundraising can't start without it.
01:52King Dick over here thinks he can get me out.
01:55Newton Heath at the moment.
01:57Well, it's in a state, isn't it?
01:59The clubhouse, the ground.
02:01Yo, can you guys hit the ball one time, please?
02:03Or I'll have to keep going back here.
02:06The pitch is in dire need of upgrading...
02:08...and there are no training nets or changing rooms for the boys.
02:12The clubhouse is...
02:14Ooh.
02:15Not very good.
02:16It's damp on the ceiling, mould everywhere.
02:18It's just hanging.
02:19Quite horrible, really.
02:22Coming in here every week.
02:23It's not the best.
02:25Honestly, it's a rat shittle.
02:26It's a rat shittle.
02:30Miles, run!
02:31At the minute, we're just trying to keep him engaged.
02:34Yes!
02:35But you've got to be realistic, haven't you?
02:37You know, and...
02:39You're thinking, what are we doing here?
02:43They deserve better than this, don't they?
02:44So, I think we've got to look for somewhere else.
02:51Five miles up the road,
02:53Freddie's heard about another cricket club
02:55in Blakely, North Manchester.
02:57And he's hoping it might be able to help him.
03:02And the lads.
03:04How do you?
03:05You're struggling with the nets.
03:06How are you doing?
03:07I'm a bit heavy in this ground at the minute.
03:08I know, I know.
03:09Catherine, nice to meet you.
03:10Hi, yeah.
03:10You all right?
03:11Welcome to our lovely, lovely home.
03:12I don't know too much about the cricket club.
03:15Well, we've got a first and second team,
03:17but we need youngsters coming through.
03:19I don't know if you know Newtony.
03:20It's a club which has got tradition.
03:22It's been a thriving club in the past,
03:24which has gone to rack and ruin.
03:26So, the reason I'm here, I'm looking around,
03:29hoping to place my lads somewhere else.
03:32I'm just trying to find options for them,
03:35or a different option.
03:37And a cricket club that's playing
03:39that maybe needs a bit of help as well.
03:41Yeah.
03:42We've definitely got the space here.
03:43I haven't worked artificial pitch there with the nets.
03:47Bring them here.
03:48I've got some really good kids.
03:50And I don't know, maybe if you bring your boys in,
03:51they can actually build a solid team.
03:53Could be perfect.
03:54Well, yeah, should we show them the club?
03:55Yeah, we'll show them.
03:56Come and see what we've got.
03:57All right.
03:57Like so many inner-city cricket clubs,
04:01Blakely has suffered with a lack of funding over the years.
04:04It's now one of the last grass cricket pitches
04:07left in North Manchester.
04:09We've still got this kitchen and all sauce to go in.
04:11Right.
04:12But their members recently rallied round
04:14and have started much-needed renovations on the clubhouse.
04:18Brand-new toilets in.
04:20A group of volunteers do everything in here.
04:22They put a new roof on.
04:23This is kind of the social area.
04:26You can see the start of it, can't you?
04:27We're getting there, we're getting there.
04:30Yeah, it's taken her back, actually.
04:32They're so proud of this place
04:33and they want it to do well and they want it to thrive.
04:35It needs help, it needs players.
04:38I think it could be a great fit.
04:40I think we should just bring the wads down here.
04:44Well, it's really big.
04:46It's on his way.
04:48It's Fred.
04:49Fred's here now.
04:50He got taller.
04:51I've definitely got smaller.
04:52It's this ground, we're sinking it.
04:54Soft, isn't it?
04:55How are you?
04:56Yeah, I'm good.
04:56Thank goodness.
04:58Right, just a quick one, Dad.
05:00I thank you all for coming week in, week out.
05:01We've got a few new members as well
05:03and we're slowly but surely getting towards the team.
05:06Now, I'm really aware of this place
05:08and what it's like at the minute
05:10and these facilities.
05:12It's stalled, we're trying to get it better,
05:13but things haven't happened the way in which we wanted it to.
05:16So what I want to do tonight,
05:18I just want to show you somewhere else
05:19that we could potentially use.
05:21Do what you think.
05:22One of the newest recruits to the expanding team
05:31is 16-year-old Miles,
05:34who's keen to find out a bit more about Freddie.
05:36Is your house by chance on Google?
05:42Top gay, Freddie Vliptoff
05:43splashes out millions to buy a pal luxury mansion.
05:47You shouldn't believe everything you read.
05:49Your bank account is looking nice.
05:54Freddie Vliptoff makes three mils profit
05:58on a house he's never lived in.
06:00Is that why you've not been here?
06:01Because you've been dodging the tax mark?
06:04What are you kicking at, you?
06:06Does the fact you have money...
06:08People make you happy.
06:10What's this time I've got on this bus
06:13and not start laughing?
06:14LAUGHTER
06:15LAUGHTER
06:16Here we go.
06:22Hiya. You all right?
06:23Have a walk down, lads, see what you think.
06:27It's nice, you know, lads.
06:28It is good, isn't it?
06:30So much better.
06:31Big improvement from the other one.
06:33So I'm thinking now, for you lads,
06:35this club here, as it is now, I think is great,
06:38but these have got big ambition for it
06:40and they're going to do it up a bit more.
06:41But the other thing is, you've got five or six lads,
06:45summer age, so I was thinking between us,
06:47we get together, organise a session,
06:50and we can start properly.
06:51Yeah.
06:52What do you reckon?
06:53No, yeah, we're staying here.
06:54Yeah, you're happy with it?
06:55Yeah.
06:55Do you want to look inside?
06:56Yes.
06:57Yeah, yeah.
06:57Let's get kettle on, shall we?
07:00The building's got lights in it,
07:02there's a bat in there,
07:04there's actual covers for the greens.
07:06Yeah, it's mega compared.
07:07What's in there?
07:08Showers.
07:09I think this new cricket place is really good.
07:13I'm looking forward to be here
07:15and hopefully we can get a team up and running
07:17and get some games going.
07:19I've mixed emotions about it,
07:22but look at them now.
07:24They're out on the ground,
07:24they're running round,
07:25and they want to come back.
07:26So, I'm quietly optimistic.
07:32With all his teams now fully up and running,
07:36Freddie's looking to secure a long-term future
07:38for his league of dreams.
07:41Yeah, there's a lot of parts to this, isn't there?
07:43I think in the back of your head,
07:46saying, I'm seconding this on,
07:47and I've got, like, this responsibility
07:50to prove that it works.
07:55They're going to have an impact on so many lives.
07:59So, I think we've got to look at how we're going to widen it
08:02and how we're going to share the strain a little bit.
08:07It's not a case of stepping back,
08:08it's, like, bringing more people in.
08:11There you go, quick.
08:14Got a new coach today, guys.
08:16I feel like I'm really recognising.
08:17Freddie spotted coaching potential in Eli,
08:20one of the lads from his first Field of Dreams team,
08:23and has asked him to help train the girls.
08:26Two years ago, you know, I was just messing about,
08:29but being a part of a team like that,
08:31it's something that I probably remember
08:32for the rest of my life, you know.
08:34I sort of realised that I want to coach,
08:36He's from season one.
08:38Is he?
08:38Or two. No, he went to India.
08:40Was he the one who's actually from Batwoman?
08:42Yeah.
08:42No.
08:42I think it's massively important
08:43to give other kids the opportunity,
08:46give it to as many as possible,
08:47pass the baton on to the next, like,
08:50generation of young people.
08:54I wonder how he's going to feel
08:55about coaching a women's team.
08:58But there's a problem
08:59before Eli's first session has even started.
09:02It's been a big crash
09:05on the motorway.
09:07Me and Kate will be there
09:08in, like, about 20 minutes.
09:10Right.
09:10Why don't you do, like,
09:11a little warm-up with them,
09:12and then hopefully me and Kate
09:14will be there then,
09:14and we'll get going with the cricket.
09:16Right.
09:17I'll see you soon.
09:18I'll see you in 10.
09:20Yeah, see ya.
09:21Right.
09:24Well, I said they did it with the lads,
09:25but they were the lads,
09:28so it's a bit different.
09:29These are completely different.
09:33Very nervous,
09:34but I give it a go.
09:38Obviously, we're all from Blackpool,
09:39so hopefully they don't turn on me.
09:45Girls!
09:46Do you want to come in?
09:52Say in.
09:52Someone don't scare them away.
09:54Right.
09:54You went to India, didn't you?
09:58I went to India,
10:00and whilst I was there,
10:02I found out that I enjoy coaching and stuff.
10:05It's something I like doing,
10:06and I've got a chance to come
10:07and do something with you lot.
10:09What do you want to do?
10:10What do you want us to do?
10:11No.
10:13Is he going to throw the ball
10:14around to each other?
10:16Once you've made five catches,
10:18is he going to try and hit the stumps?
10:21Shit me.
10:22Sideways.
10:24Horrendous.
10:26Yes, go.
10:28I'm behind you, I'm behind you,
10:29I'm behind you, I'm behind you.
10:30Behind you, behind you.
10:31So when Kate and Kyle get here,
10:33you're going to stay in.
10:34I don't know.
10:35I don't know what to do after this,
10:36so I'll just sit in there.
10:38F***ing well, do you?
10:39Right, do you want to grab a drink
10:41or something?
10:41You can grab a drink.
10:42I'm tired.
10:43Watch it.
10:44Do what you want.
10:46They can do what they want.
10:47We're lads, you know what you're going to get,
10:49and I can take grief off a lad,
10:50like, I'll just sit there.
10:51When a girl starts giving you rummish,
10:54like.
10:57When you bowl, just ease up,
10:58because I can tell you,
10:59you're quite lit, aren't you?
11:00I don't know what that means, bro.
11:02Ease yourself up when you bowl.
11:04That's all I'm going to say.
11:07Young leader.
11:08Right, just because I'm more than,
11:11more successful than you at 65, I think.
11:14What school did you go?
11:16None.
11:16I've left school, you tip.
11:18I'm going to go up, mate.
11:20Right, what are you trying to say?
11:21Why are you trying to throw shade?
11:23That's more successful.
11:24Yeah.
11:24What are you on about?
11:25Shut up.
11:26He's trying to beef me again.
11:29They try to wind me up.
11:30Girls are good at doing that.
11:33Child.
11:34Hey.
11:35I'm for this.
11:37I'm sorry.
11:38Sorry, mate.
11:38No, no.
11:39I'm so happy you're here.
11:44What do you think they're going to be like?
11:45I thought they might be shy or something, you know?
11:48Can anybody give Eli any feedback from being here tonight?
11:53You need to speak louder.
11:54Yeah.
11:55Yeah.
11:56Be more confident.
11:57Yeah.
11:57Make eye contact with somebody when you're telling them advice.
12:01Right.
12:03OK.
12:04They were gunning for you, weren't they?
12:06Yeah.
12:06I felt like bullied me.
12:08I felt like...
12:09Are they picking on you?
12:10Yeah.
12:11I got some grief.
12:12They're just mad at them, aren't they?
12:13I can't even explain it.
12:15Like, they actually are, like, a different breed.
12:2550 miles away at the Manchester boys' new cricket club,
12:29Freddie's also called on another of his Preston lads...
12:31Thanks for coming.
12:32..to join his team of coaches.
12:35You all right?
12:36Yeah, I'm good, thank you.
12:36What are you doing, too?
12:38Just school stuff.
12:40After his success with the team,
12:42Adnan got a scholarship at a private boarding school
12:45and still has ambitions to be a professional cricketer.
12:48It's my last year.
12:50I'm trying to get into a good university.
12:52That's my B plan.
12:54You're going to get the grades for them, aren't you?
12:56Yeah, yeah.
12:57That's why I have to work hard in terms of cricket and studies as well.
13:00So it's a very important year.
13:02You've got it all figured out.
13:03Hopefully.
13:04So you're going to help me with these lads today?
13:06Yep.
13:07That comes through, over?
13:07Yeah.
13:09He knows what we're trying to do and he's been a part of it.
13:12So he can then pass on that knowledge,
13:15say how it's helped him through the past three years.
13:18As well as a proper pitch to train on,
13:20the team have also inherited some new players.
13:23Fred, nice to meet you.
13:24What's your name?
13:25Good job.
13:25Good job.
13:27Hi, nice to meet you.
13:28Nice to meet you.
13:29Good to meet you.
13:29My name's Colfers. What's yours?
13:31I'm a man. How are you?
13:32Yeah, I'm good.
13:32Is it all right if you can work with us?
13:34I can get to know you.
13:34Yeah, sure.
13:35Yeah, come on.
13:35I'll just come in a second.
13:37We've got some special help today.
13:39Adnan's joining us.
13:40He's decent at cricket.
13:42He's got plenty to talk about.
13:43You can't shut him up once he starts.
13:45All right, so pick his brain, speak to him,
13:47and he's going to help out with the coaching.
13:49To be part of Field of Dream, it was great.
13:51Like, it was massive in my life.
13:54And I'm happy, I'm so happy to help with him
13:56and try to share those experiences that we gain from Freddie and Kyle.
14:02Oh, I miss my best.
14:04Oh, sorry.
14:06Yeah.
14:07Don't get that.
14:08OK, we stop here.
14:10Now we're going to do bowling, OK?
14:12The way we started, it was the same, yeah.
14:15What's that?
14:16You're throwing.
14:17When you ball, complete your action.
14:20Like, can you see me there?
14:21So, I completed it.
14:23Yeah?
14:24Keep going.
14:25Good, good.
14:26Most of us didn't know anything about cricket,
14:28but after two years, like, we're smashing it.
14:31Hopefully, they're the same and they work hard
14:33and hopefully, they do something that may make us proud.
14:38Shot!
14:40It's not something small now.
14:41It's a massive project.
14:43He's dealing with three teams.
14:44Like, oh, my gosh.
14:46But whenever Freddie wants me, I will be there and try to help.
14:50Yeah, it's really good.
14:52It's been good.
14:53It's heartening looking forward.
14:55And it just makes you think that actually we've made the right decision by coming here.
14:58Let's get all this kit together.
15:00So, hopefully, this might work.
15:05In Liverpool, despite poor attendance
15:09and a lack of enthusiasm at the beginning.
15:12Right, let's have two people on each cone.
15:15The Bootle boys have started to turn a corner.
15:19Whoever's on that side has to back their stumps up.
15:23One, two, one.
15:26The thing that always worries me with Bootle is the behaviour.
15:29But I actually feel now like they're starting to behave a bit better.
15:33You can see they're actually, you know,
15:35they're becoming friends between themselves.
15:39You don't feel like you're shouting at them all the time.
15:41So, it's actually, you know,
15:42it feels like it's getting quite rewarding now.
15:44Come on, boys. You've got this.
15:47I think over time, cricket's become enjoyable.
15:50Straight into plank, boys.
15:51Why are you shaking?
15:52Clara, don't do plank.
15:54You get along so well because you're all there for the same thing.
15:58We all want to push each other to be better than what we can be.
16:02Oh, no, you're in my hand.
16:03Ah!
16:04It makes me feel excited to see how far we can go as a group.
16:09Come in, Stevie.
16:12Oh, yes.
16:13Almost took your head off.
16:14I'm starting to get more appreciative of it.
16:17You get involved with your team, you have a laugh and you just learn.
16:20Watch the ball.
16:23Yes, Stevie.
16:24Good.
16:25People stereotype cricket as a posh sport.
16:28That's it.
16:29I think it's just for anyone.
16:31And again.
16:32Are you practising?
16:33What?
16:35No?
16:36Don't try and be cool about it, yeah, haven't you?
16:39You've got an infectious personality and they're full of fun and mischief at the same time.
16:45You just want to temper it.
16:46You just want to shape it and channel it into the right areas.
16:51That's coaching, that is.
16:53A lot of coaches, they get it wrong, I think.
16:56They want the big jobs.
16:57They want the jobs with the kudos and they want to work with the best players.
17:00That's easy.
17:01But this is where you learn about yourself as well.
17:13Right, everyone good?
17:15Right, Eli?
17:16You're nervous, Eli?
17:18No, we're good, eh?
17:19I'm sorry.
17:20I'm done.
17:21Up the coast in Blackpool, Freddie's girls team is also going from strength to strength.
17:27Right, shall we get cracking?
17:27When Maddie first turned up to training, having grown up in care, she struggled to trust the group.
17:34How are you?
17:35But tonight, she's introducing Cody to the rest of the team.
17:39You can play if you want.
17:44Oh, young love.
17:46We are official.
17:48Come on, come on, Maddie.
17:51How would I describe Maddie?
17:52She's just a big ball of energy and she's brought a spark out in me.
17:59I think she struggles to trust a lot of people because she's been through not what every person has been through.
18:07And she's been hurt so many times.
18:11What?
18:12But I think for me, being patient with her and trusting her, that's gaining trust with her for me.
18:20And she believes I'm going to stay and I'm not just, like, coming and going.
18:26But she's just, she's amazing, to be honest.
18:30Yes!
18:32Oh, here we go.
18:35Not wrong with that.
18:36As well as gaining a new team-mate, the girls are embracing training with a newfound confidence.
18:42Yes, there we go.
18:43That's better.
18:44There's a nice feeling about the place, isn't there?
18:46Yeah, Maddie.
18:47She's turned up with a girlfriend.
18:48Cody.
18:49Who seems lovely, actually.
18:50She's so happy, isn't she, with her?
18:52She just keeps smiling at her.
18:54Hey, Maddie.
18:58That's good.
18:58Eli's over there doing catches with Molly and she's trying to catch him.
19:03You know, he's managed to capture her in an hour.
19:07I haven't done it in months.
19:08So that's great, that is.
19:10Who's next?
19:11Come on, Cody.
19:12Are you going?
19:12I'm already.
19:13Come on, then.
19:13Come on, come on.
19:17You know, like, you have love at first sight.
19:23So it was like it was.
19:24We just clicked.
19:25We just got on.
19:26We just, like, it was like a match made.
19:28I didn't have one.
19:31Yes.
19:34That was good.
19:36You didn't tell me she was a secret cricketer.
19:38I'm like, oh.
19:41Maddie sometimes can be, you know, quite hard work at these sessions.
19:45But tonight, having a girlfriend here, Cody, saw a different side to Maddie.
19:49Laughing, joking, not once did we have to tell her to behave.
19:53Well done tonight, girls.
19:54With this club now, I'd love to see this place full of people playing cricket.
19:59And we've started something off so far, but I think we can take it a hell of a lot further.
20:03But for that, I need your help.
20:04I really do.
20:05So if you've got mates or anybody you can think of who'd come down and join us on practice sessions.
20:11Perfect.
20:11Exactly.
20:12You've done well tonight.
20:13My arm hurt.
20:15Brilliant for the first time.
20:17You did so well.
20:18Thanks for coming.
20:19You coming back?
20:19Yes, yes.
20:21Yeah?
20:21Brilliant.
20:22You've never been as happy.
20:23All right, let's tidy the bag off.
20:25Let's tidy this up.
20:25Put your kit away.
20:26Thank you so much.
20:28That's a lot smarter than you, man, have you?
20:30Look at you.
20:31This is very new.
20:32It's so new.
20:34Coffee?
20:35It's coffee.
20:35I didn't really expect to be doing any cricket tonight.
20:38And I'm definitely going to get dragged back here and be put on the pitch again.
20:43It was great.
20:45It's what happens when you fall in the ball, right?
20:48As a team, everyone's really comfortable with each other now.
20:51I think Cody has settled really well into the team.
20:55So I do think that the numbers will keep growing.
20:58We're getting there now.
21:00No seems to be enjoying it.
21:02I'm in good shape.
21:03I'm really excited about this.
21:06But I think what we want to do, we want to have a club and a pitch that match their enthusiasm.
21:13Despite the girls throwing everything into their team, they are still training with run-down facilities.
21:19The dilapidated nets and outdated clubhouse need upgrading if Freddy's to achieve his dream of making this a hub for girls' cricket in the North West.
21:29Yeah, I'm just outside Blackpool Council, trying to get some money, I suppose.
21:42I just have to sell them a dream, aren't I?
21:44Hopefully they'll see it, what we're trying to do.
21:46And they want to get involved.
21:48Hiya, Lyn.
21:49How are you?
21:49A couple of years ago now, I did a project in Preston where I got some lads playing cricket who wouldn't have the chance of playing.
21:57So as a step on from that, I'm now doing a girls' team in Blackpool at South Shore Cricket Club.
22:03I want to make that like a hotbed of girls' cricket in Blackpool.
22:08Well, it needs doing enough of it.
22:09Yeah.
22:11Is there a particular ask of us, you know, or is it just a general kind of...
22:17Well, I'd like some money, to be honest.
22:19But I appreciate that everyone must come through these doors asking for money.
22:24What's the priority that you think that you really need to get done down there, you know, to make this kind of...
22:29I think the need for practice facilities, first and foremost.
22:33You know, there's other things like the clubhouse could be more welcoming, the ground could be better.
22:38We do get it, and it is something we really want to, you know, encourage and have for all of our young girls across the town.
22:45But we will need to go and look at our finances and see what we say about it.
22:49I understand that, yeah.
22:50And your help, you can be amazing.
22:52Go pick the cheque up on the way out.
22:56No, thank you so much.
22:57Thank you very much to meet you.
22:58I appreciate that.
22:58Thank you very much.
22:59Go ahead and say in council, it's not easy, is it?
23:01You go ahead and they're begging, and there's so many things they want to spend their money on.
23:05I got the sense that they really want to help.
23:08I think, at this stage, anything, I'd take anything off.
23:15What are you doing if I just catch it in my mouth now?
23:20Best shot ever!
23:21Back in Manchester, building work has restarted to finish the clubhouse renovations.
23:26Thank you so much for coming down and helping us out.
23:29And Freddie wants to see if the boys are committed enough to dedicate a day of hard graft to their new home.
23:35We'll get cracking.
23:37I don't know how they're doing this without getting paid, I'll be real, like...
23:40I'll have to swing you.
23:41Yeah, yeah.
23:42A tight bit.
23:43Oh, that's for some...
23:44Ka-ching, ka-ching.
23:48Oh, shit, that's sick!
23:49It's a nice tap, innit?
23:50Yeah.
23:51Make our lovely bruce.
23:52These lads give us a home, like...
23:53I wanted to come and help and come and show what I can do.
23:56Mmm.
24:12You enjoyed that nice.
24:13Mm.
24:15It's nice, yeah.
24:18Dom!
24:19What are you gonna do when you're older, bro?
24:21No clue, bro.
24:22Nah.
24:23Did you pass your GCSEs?
24:25I got a Grade 3 English and I got a U in maths,
24:29but I didn't... I walked out my maths.
24:31You walked out your maths, yeah? Mm.
24:33So, like, I do regret doing that.
24:36I think... I think I should have took school more serious.
24:40I've never been to a mainstream school.
24:43I feel that's due to, like, my needs, isn't it?
24:46I have ADHD and anxiety.
24:50So, I got kits out of nursery early,
24:53so I had to start a non-mainstream before Year 1.
24:57After nursery, primary was just not a mainstream, innit?
25:01And then I went to high school. High school wasn't a mainstream.
25:05Obviously, like, from the teachers' perspective, it's disruptive, innit?
25:09Disruptive, not listening, stuff like that.
25:12But, like, for me, it's just... I never really could, like, listen.
25:16College, for me, was, like, the one time, like,
25:19I felt like I could be normal because, like,
25:21I remember people used to ask me, like,
25:22oh, what school do you go to?
25:23I used to be like, don't worry, innit?
25:25Cos I felt like I'll get looked at differently
25:28or, like, judged in a certain way. Yeah.
25:30I would have always, like... That was my dream,
25:32even from, like, primary.
25:34I was always, like, wanting to go to a mainstream.
25:37I wanted to feel normal, innit? I guess you could say.
25:39Even though, like, I act normal, I guess.
25:41I just wanted to, like, be normal, like,
25:44do what everyone else is doing.
25:46Oh!
25:49As I got older, my anxiety got worse.
25:52I'd be real, there was a point where, like,
25:55I didn't even leave my house.
25:57And it was only till recently I realised, like,
26:01I need to get over this.
26:03And that's why I want to give cricket a go right now.
26:05You've got a stettle on a foot, Tom?
26:16No, no, buddy.
26:17LAUGHTER
26:21I felt good giving them something, like, you know,
26:23putting, actually, effort into making the establishment looking better.
26:26It's over.
26:27Just to give back to the community.
26:35I think Freddie will be very proud with what we've done.
26:39Hopefully he puts a little smile on his face.
26:46At Freddie's next training session with the boys,
26:49he's keen to see their handiwork for himself.
26:52You all right?
26:54Look at that.
26:55That's what I do with that.
26:56I like that.
26:57I'm jealous.
26:58I'm kind. You good?
26:59Yeah, I'm all good. How are you?
27:00Nice to see you, man. Yeah, too good.
27:01I like that.
27:02I do like that.
27:03I'm all right. Thanks for yourself, are you?
27:04You all good?
27:05Come and have a look.
27:06Pesley's kitchen.
27:07Good, isn't it?
27:08Come and talk me through your work, Pesley, what you've been doing?
27:10All right, so we did the work tops, we did the tiling.
27:12Come on, probably the builder.
27:13We're going to do it electrics as well, I hope not.
27:16No, no.
27:17But I did all this bit here.
27:19When I got to there, I got my tip-toe, so I mean...
27:22Good job, that was good, weren't you?
27:23Yeah, yeah.
27:24But we did good, we did good.
27:25Are you impressed what the lads have done there?
27:27Really am, yeah?
27:29Give me some cricket, what do you reckon?
27:31Let's see how far them big arms can hit you.
27:33Right, knock that off.
27:34And just a quick one before we start, lads.
27:36Thank you so much for your efforts.
27:37I think this place is really taking shape now.
27:39What I'd like in the very near future,
27:41I'd like you to have your first game.
27:43So when we're practising now,
27:45let's start thinking about that first game.
27:47Come on, boys, let's have some energy now, eh?
27:49Well, let's go, let's go!
27:51These lads are new to it all, aren't they?
27:55They're very, very basic in their knowledge of cricket.
27:58That.
28:00That.
28:01And we just need to throw them in there,
28:03they keep asking for a game, let's give them one.
28:05Yes, Pesley!
28:07So sure, Brett!
28:08Last year we didn't have a team, now we do.
28:13I mean, last year we didn't have a cricket club, now we do.
28:16But I'm feeling a bit nervous.
28:19Pick your batter up.
28:20Yeah.
28:21Yeah, yeah, perfect, I like that.
28:22Nice.
28:23I think the tricky part for these lads is
28:25it's going to be matching them against the right opposition.
28:27You know, I want them to play and I want them to enjoy it.
28:29I don't want a side turning off here.
28:31We're just going to hammer them.
28:33I want to be competitive.
28:34I don't want to dent their confidence neither.
28:36Good job!
28:37Now we're a six up!
28:39Is there any more chairs?
28:51We've got plant pots in the way.
28:53Can't do you this, Bill.
28:55A few weeks later, the day of the Manchester boys' first ever match
28:59has finally arrived.
29:01Look at this, this is nice, isn't it?
29:03Yeah.
29:04Work has been completed on the clubhouse
29:07and family and friends have been invited to come and watch.
29:10Today's the day.
29:12For years, the cricket club has been ran down
29:15and now it's like, it's actually looking good, you know what I mean?
29:17Like, we've actually put effort into this.
29:19Honestly, I've been waiting for this day for a very long time.
29:24We've overcome a lot of hurdles as a team
29:26and it's all led to this day.
29:28This is our home, all my family's coming
29:31and I just want to show them how far I've come.
29:34Everything looks perfect, really, doesn't it?
29:36In the clubhouse, it's all been renovated.
29:38They've got furniture in there, they've got a bar.
29:40It's probably more important to be a bigger day for the lads.
29:42Come in, lads, come in, come in.
29:44I know you've all been desperate to play your first game
29:46and that day has come today.
29:48Throw yourselves into it.
29:49Let's have some fun today, let's enjoy playing.
29:51But firstly, we've got the kit.
29:54Pick yourselves some kit, some boots
29:56and then we'll start looking like a team.
29:58Are you fishing at?
29:59Are you fishing at?
30:00Oh, here we are!
30:01Hey!
30:02Oh, looking sharp there, Dom.
30:05You look great.
30:06Feel good?
30:07Yeah, yeah.
30:08Yeah?
30:09I think we look like we're on a stag debate or something.
30:11I think I'm racking with me, personally.
30:13I feel like I look nice, I'm posh, well collected.
30:18Do I have this on the wrong way?
30:20Yeah.
30:21Yeah.
30:22For the boys' first game, Freddie's picked opponents
30:25who are also keen to put their hard work at training to the test.
30:29Right, are we ready for the match?
30:31Yeah.
30:32Come on, then.
30:33Here we go.
30:35Here come the girls.
30:37Oh, no.
30:38Oh, no.
30:39This is ridiculous, sis.
30:41Ultimately, they're all in the same boat.
30:44It doesn't matter if they're boys, girls, the novices at cricket.
30:47So, hopefully, there'll be some enthusiasm and it'll rub off on each other.
30:52You all right?
30:53You ready to get smashed?
30:54Hey!
30:55Oh, my God.
30:56We're not happy with you.
30:57Are you...
30:58Are you the only man playing cricket for?
31:00Same time as you, probably.
31:02Yeah, but, like, are you good?
31:03You reckon?
31:04Better than you.
31:05Like, I personally really want to beat them because they're lads.
31:08Come on, boys!
31:09Come on, guys.
31:10Do you know what I mean?
31:11I've played with them my whole life.
31:12It'll be nice to be on the other side this time with people like me,
31:16like my own age.
31:18I'm not actually playing with the lads this time, so I'm really excited.
31:21Both teams have 12 overs to score as many runs as they can,
31:27and having won the toss, the girls are fielding first.
31:31You need to go over that way.
31:33OK, I've got this, brother.
31:34Come on!
31:37The last time the girls played a match,
31:39some of the teams struggled with nerves,
31:41so today is a chance for them to put that behind them.
31:45Ready?
31:46There you go.
31:47Oh!
31:48Wonderful first ball.
31:50Shot!
31:53What a start!
31:55Come on, the boys.
31:57Wazzup!
31:59But despite playing in their first ever match,
32:02the boys are quickly starting to get runs on the scoreboard.
32:07Shot!
32:08Well, it's me now, isn't it?
32:10Can I go?
32:11Next to ball is 16-year-old Madison.
32:15I hope this goes well.
32:17Who's been part of the team from the very beginning.
32:19Sorry!
32:20It's all right!
32:21I can't.
32:22Well...
32:23Maddie, you're OK!
32:24Don't worry!
32:25Easy, mad!
32:26Oh, she's gutted, man.
32:28But the pressure of bowling her first over...
32:30Come on, Maddie!
32:31..is affecting her performance.
32:36It's all right, Maddie, don't worry!
32:37Maddie, you're OK, don't worry!
32:38Oh, no, I'm all right.
32:39Oh, she's well disappointed.
32:41You're going mad!
32:42Maddie, stop stressing!
32:43You've got it!
32:44Sorry!
32:45Why?
32:46She crying?
32:47I think so, yeah.
32:48Oh, bless her.
32:49Oh, bless her.
32:50It's hard, isn't it?
32:51Pressure, man.
32:52Maddie, you're doing great.
32:53You're trying, all right?
32:54Don't worry about it.
32:55No one's trudging.
32:56No one's trudging.
32:57Hey, you did amazing.
32:58You did amazing.
32:59You did amazing.
33:00Well done.
33:01I'm proud of you.
33:02Maddie, you're trying and that's all that matters.
33:04You've not thrown the ball down when you've got it wrong,
33:06which is amazing.
33:07And you kept going.
33:08You kept going.
33:09Resilience in front of all these people.
33:10Come on, Maddie!
33:11Everyone clap for her.
33:12Come on, be nice.
33:13Don't look.
33:14Don't think about them.
33:15I've got two more today.
33:16Yeah, what?
33:17Maddie, you're doing great.
33:18You're trying, all right?
33:19Don't worry about it.
33:20Don't worry about it.
33:21No one's trudging.
33:22No one's trudging.
33:23No one's trudging.
33:24No one's trudging.
33:25Hey, you did amazing.
33:26You did amazing.
33:27You did amazing.
33:28Well done.
33:29I'm proud of you.
33:31You did amazing.
33:32Come on, Maddie!
33:33Come on, Maddie!
33:34Come on, Maddie!
33:36Thank you, guys.
33:37Sorry.
33:38Come on, Maddie!
33:39Come on, Maddie!
33:40Come on, Maddie!
33:41Well done!
33:42Yes, Maddie!
33:43Maddie's all right.
33:44That's it.
33:45Well done.
33:46Come on, Maddie!
33:48Come back well there, Maddie.
33:50Maddie.
33:51Well done.
33:52I'm proud of you.
33:53You did amazing.
33:54Come on, Tilly!
33:55Yeah, push right back.
33:56Good, Tills!
33:57Next up to bowl is 16-year-old Matilda.
34:00One of the few girls on the team who has played cricket before.
34:04Shot.
34:05But who has never had the opportunity to play for a girls team.
34:08Shot!
34:09What's her name?
34:10Matilda.
34:11Nice, isn't it?
34:12You got this, yeah?
34:14Why are you scouting them?
34:16I'm not scouting them.
34:17She's just my favourite out of all of them.
34:19She can bowl.
34:21Touch!
34:23Whoa!
34:24Look here!
34:26Oh!
34:27Someone's got a wicket.
34:28Yeah!
34:29Three, two, four, one and a five, is it?
34:31Doing all right, aren't you?
34:32Mole!
34:33Oh, Molly's on.
34:35Yes, Mole!
34:36Yes!
34:37Yeah!
34:38Despite a shaky start, the girls are rallying round and the wickets are starting to fall.
34:44Are you next in, Presley?
34:46Next into bat is the boys' captain, 17-year-old Presley.
34:51Come on!
34:52Come on, my dear.
34:53Same again!
34:54Oh!
34:55Oh!
34:56Oh!
34:57Oh!
34:58Oh!
34:59Oh!
35:00Oh!
35:01Oh, Presley.
35:03It's it, Presley!
35:04Oh.
35:05Oh!
35:06Oh!
35:07Yeah!
35:08Oh!
35:09Yeah!
35:10Fair dues, man.
35:11I've got lost to a girl in a few minutes.
35:15Come on, Cody!
35:17Yes, males!
35:20Good!
35:21Faster!
35:22Oh, males!
35:23Go on!
35:24Yes, lad!
35:25Yes!
35:26Yes!
35:27Well done, Cody!
35:28Got a boundary.
35:31Well done, lads and Claudia!
35:33That's it.
35:34That's it.
35:35After an impressive first innings, the boys have scored a total of 84 runs.
35:40Well done, girls!
35:41Well done!
35:42Well done, boys!
35:43Batters, you ready?
35:46Let's go, guys!
35:49Needing 85 runs to win, Madison and Summer are first in to bat.
35:56Presley is going for first hover.
35:58You ready, Mads?
35:59The hard thing is, is who's going to win this game?
36:01Come on, Summer!
36:02Come on, Maddy!
36:03Come on, Maddy!
36:07I think he'd be great for the girls because they've played one game already and they got beat.
36:11They're desperate to win.
36:13But it's all the boys.
36:14You know, this is their first game of cricket.
36:16And again, Presley!
36:21Oh, Mads!
36:22Come on, Mads!
36:23Come on!
36:24With just his second ball, Presley's managed to get Maddison out.
36:28Come on, Maddy!
36:29Come on, Maddy!
36:30Come on, Maddy!
36:31Is that you?
36:32That's me, Mads!
36:33I'm so embarrassed.
36:34I've got out first ball in front of 60,000 people.
36:38I don't know about that.
36:39That is embarrassing.
36:40Walking off on your own.
36:41You get a big cheer when you go out.
36:42Everybody's thinking something's going to happen.
36:44You get out first ball and you get booed off.
36:46I tell you what, you've had it easy, girl.
36:48Don't you worry about that.
36:50Miles, I don't think these are winning.
36:52I'm going to get hokey.
36:54Come on, tail!
36:57Oh!
36:58There we go.
36:59Get it, get it!
37:00Oh, shit!
37:01All right, a slow start.
37:02Run!
37:03With Katie and Matilda now at the crease, the girls are starting to close in on the boys.
37:10Go!
37:11Go!
37:12Go!
37:13Go!
37:14Go!
37:15Go!
37:16Go!
37:17Go!
37:18Go!
37:19Go!
37:20Go!
37:21Go!
37:22Go!
37:23Go!
37:24Go!
37:25Go!
37:26Go!
37:27Go!
37:28Go!
37:29Go!
37:30Good!
37:31Come on, Matilda!
37:32Yes!
37:33With a score of 77, the girls need just eight more runs to win the match.
37:36There's one more over left, so...
37:37Jah!
37:38Now, this is a drama.
37:40We've got it!
37:41Well, we've got it!
37:42We've got it!
37:43Well, it's actually close, you know.
37:44You've got your chance.
37:45Go, Matilda, Maddie!
37:49Oh, my God, oh, my...
37:50Oh, my God.
37:51Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
37:54Everyone up.
37:55Come on, Mila!
38:01Forward run.
38:02What?
38:03Yes, Mila.
38:04Oh, my God. That was an amazing shot.
38:06Two to tie.
38:09Two to tie, yeah, two.
38:13This is horrible, this, mate.
38:15Oh, my word.
38:16Run!
38:21Come on!
38:23With another run on the board,
38:25the girls now need just one more to equal the boys' score.
38:29Last ball.
38:31I'm shaking!
38:32Come on!
38:33Come on!
38:34Come on!
38:35Come on!
38:36Yes!
38:37Yes!
38:38Yes!
38:39Yes!
38:40Yes!
38:41Yes!
38:42Yes!
38:43Yes!
38:44With both teams totalling 84 runs, the game has ended in a draw.
38:50Captain!
38:51Good game, that.
38:52Well done enough to all of you.
38:55You're not really scared of you.
38:56I am.
38:57All of you.
38:58We did it!
38:59We didn't lose!
39:00Quite proud of myself.
39:02Ah!
39:03I didn't hit my wickets either this time.
39:06Well played.
39:07Go ball.
39:08Just the adrenaline of, like, the score's going up.
39:11I was actually getting excited for them, and I'm not even on their team.
39:14You guys played amazing.
39:15You guys played amazing.
39:16I'm actually so, like, happy and proud of myself that I've done this.
39:19We're all champions at the end of the day, aren't we?
39:21We're all champions.
39:22Presley, I just want to say well played, isn't it?
39:24Well done.
39:25Well played.
39:26Well bowled.
39:27Well done.
39:28Well done.
39:29Well done, Presley.
39:30And I feel like it just shows that boys and girls can be equal in cricket, and there is
39:34nothing wrong with that.
39:35And I feel like, for the first time in my life, I've actually seen that happen.
39:38Like, genuinely, the way that the boys treated me today was better than I've ever been treated
39:43on a cricket pitch in my life.
39:44And it actually does make me pretty emotional, because it's so nice to be treated like that
39:48after getting the grief for all the years, and seeing them encourage you, and just being genuinely nice.
39:53Well done.
39:54Well done.
39:55Well done, Presley.
39:56It's OK, mate.
39:57Wow.
39:58Wow, wow, wow.
39:59Honestly.
40:00At least we drove and not lost.
40:03When we were at Newton Heath, and we only had three to four people, I thought, that's it.
40:08That's it.
40:09But we've got a good team with us, and I didn't know this was going to happen.
40:14Honestly, I feel like I'm dreaming.
40:16Now and then I pinch myself to see if I'm asleep.
40:19Honestly, it's been amazing, and I'm speechless of how well it's actually gone.
40:36Matilda, don't break a nail.
40:38Howard, this is a proper workout.
40:43Back in Blackpool, Freddie's had good news from the council.
40:47They've agreed to fund work on the clubhouse to completely update the interior.
40:54And outside, word has spread, and a sports company have stepped in to install state-of-the-art nets.
41:02It's starting to take shape a little bit now, isn't it?
41:04I think what they're going to do is going to make a big difference.
41:06The nets at the back is going to be huge for this club.
41:09But then also, just doing something inside there, where these girls will come down, be proud of it, enjoy it, and want to spend time.
41:16Because it's all very well.
41:18We've got a group of 10, 11 girls, but we need this club to be bigger and be sustainable.
41:25And if you can turn 10 to 20, and then 20 to 40, all of a sudden we've got a cricket club that's thriving.
41:35New facilities are one thing, but to help secure the future of the club, Breddy needs the next generation of players to be enthused by cricket.
41:43Some kids here for you.
41:45This is actually embarrassing.
41:46You can't be swearing in here.
41:47I know.
41:48It's a primary school.
41:50So Kyle's roped in Molly, Summer and Maddie.
41:53Cheers, my dear.
41:54To help run a cricket taster session at a local primary school.
42:00The really important thing about today is trying to showcase, you know, what cricket is and what it's about.
42:05No club survives without, you know, junior teams, so we need to, like, capture their imagination from a young age and hopefully get them down to South Shore, you know, and become part of the club.
42:17Right, what ideas have you got for this session?
42:20Just shut them down and leave them.
42:23Really, really nervous, actually, can't lie.
42:26Never done it.
42:27I need to watch my language and everything.
42:29It's going to go horribly wrong.
42:31So when they all come out, what are we going to do with them?
42:34I don't know if they think this is bloody rounders.
42:36But you have to explain to them it's cricket.
42:39I think they're a bit under-prepared.
42:42I think they think they're just going to wing it.
42:43And when you're with, like, eight, nine, ten-year-olds, it's full on.
42:47I want to be a kid.
42:50Got faith in them, but I think they're taking it very lightly.
42:55I think blagging a cricket session's quite hard.
42:58You need to give it some thought.
43:00Oh, here they are anyway now.
43:01Shit, they're coming, they'll cringe.
43:03So, we'll soon see.
43:07Oh, my f***ing God!
43:08Can I have them up now?
43:09Oh, gosh.
43:10No swearing.
43:11Maddy, Summer and Molly have now got an hour to teach 29 young girls
43:16how to play cricket.
43:18Oh, my God.
43:19But despite Kyle's suggestion, they haven't done any prep.
43:22Why is there so many of them?
43:25Minions!
43:26Tonight!
43:27We see you on the moon!
43:30Minions!
43:31Right, right, so, hello.
43:32I'm Maddy.
43:33Nice to meet you all.
43:34I'm Summer.
43:35Oh, I'm Molly.
43:39Please don't call us Miss.
43:41So, cricket, does any of you know what it is?
43:44Yeah.
43:45It's not the same as Rounders.
43:47It's quite hard there.
43:4829 nine-year-old girls.
43:52Yeah, it's quite intimidating.
43:53Right, so, the plan for today is we're going to split you in half.
43:59Split?
44:00Sorry.
44:02You can't split him in half.
44:05Right, do you want to get into partners?
44:08I've never played cricket.
44:11Catch it, and then you just throw it.
44:13Oh, right, like that.
44:14So, like this, all the way round, but once you drop it,
44:16you've got to do five star jumps.
44:18You ready?
44:19Right, you ready?
44:20Oh!
44:23Five star jumps.
44:27There's a lot of kids everywhere.
44:30Oh, my God.
44:32This is going horribly wrong.
44:34Hold on.
44:36Who thought what?
44:37We're doing the next?
44:39Come on.
44:41Come on, my minions.
44:45Charging on me like balls, mate.
44:48Right, guys, listen.
44:49What should our team be called?
44:51Minions.
44:52Minions.
44:53We're called minions!
44:54Yeah!
44:58Right, go on, roll it to me.
45:00And then you're going to try, you're going to throw it.
45:03And then you're going to run round me.
45:06And then sit down.
45:08And the first team to sit down is the winner.
45:11Minions!
45:12Yeah!
45:13Yeah!
45:14Tonight we steal the moon!
45:17Yay!
45:19She's funny.
45:21Yeah.
45:22Come on, minions.
45:24You're going to steal the moon.
45:25Yeah.
45:26Ready?
45:27Go!
45:29Whoa!
45:30I think Mandy's been brilliant.
45:32Really surprised.
45:34We're going to sit!
45:36Go!
45:37Go!
45:38Go!
45:39We're winning!
45:41It's not sworn either, which I'm even more surprised at.
45:45Yeah, really good.
45:47Guys, we won!
45:49You can see, like, we've got a lot of confidence from this,
45:53which is, I guess, what we wanted.
45:55Maddie!
45:56Maddie!
45:57Maddie!
45:58Maddie!
45:59Maddie!
46:00Maddie!
46:02Maddie!
46:03Maddie!
46:04Maddie!
46:06Maddie!
46:07Maddie!
46:08Maddie!
46:09Maddie!
46:10Wait, guys.
46:11I'm going to under-ar Carrad the ball to you.
46:13And then all you're going to do is just hit the ball.
46:15You ready?
46:16Ready?
46:18Amazing.
46:19You see this flat bit.
46:20Yeah.
46:21That's what you're hitting with.
46:22Flipper Ball!
46:23The bat. Brilliant. Well done.
46:28Right, guys, on you is all to go and collect the balls
46:33and put them in a white bucket. Go!
46:36I thought they did so well to come into this so new
46:39and not know what to expect.
46:42We'll give us high fives. Go, Chase! Maddie!
46:45Go get Maddie.
46:50Every little girl there had a smile on the face.
46:53They loved it and actually seeing our girls in a different light
46:57was really good. Yeah, amazing, really.
47:00That was brilliant.
47:01I'm absolutely exhausted.
47:0518-year-old Maddie is currently unemployed,
47:08but Kyle spotted some untapped coaching potential.
47:11I think in that session there,
47:13that's the best I've ever seen you behave.
47:16It was.
47:18I didn't swear you were proud of me.
47:19That's what I mean. There's no swearing, no bad behaviour.
47:22Could you see yourself doing something like that?
47:24I could, and I've done it.
47:29I'll look into it. Definitely should.
47:31You were laughing, joking. They all loved you.
47:34It was really good. Tonight, we steal the moon.
47:36it was really good.
47:38I'll look into it.
47:40What are you doing?
47:41Careful.
47:44Bye!
47:50Success for this project,
47:54success for this project I think you could say you know everyone being able
47:59to play on a on a cricket club that's fit for purpose
48:05but I think it's having an impact on kids lives I think
48:14I love cricket don't get me wrong and I think at the heart of this is cricket
48:19and it's making it more accessible and opportunities and all the things that
48:23everyone talks about but I think the most important is actually seeing the kids
48:29thrive team how we can help them in their lives I think that that's success three
48:40years ago Freddie put together a team of unlikely lads from Preston which launched
48:46his dream of creating a new cricket league in the North West and today his clubs
48:53from Blackpool Manchester Liverpool and Preston will all be competing together in
48:58a knockout tournament hosted by the girls team at South Shore Cricket Club today's
49:07our big like tournament day it is on our ground but I find that when you're on
49:11your ground you have more confidence so I do hope today that we prove a point and
49:15show that girls cricket is a movement and that we can play against lads and still
49:19have that confidence a big day isn't it where we've got the four teams that we've worked with
49:25even the Preston boys to come and play in like a little mini festival you know it's
49:30interesting to think that when we started that would have four teams all playing against each other
49:34on the ground which has improved you've got nets out of the bag the clubhouse has had a bit of a revamp
49:40it's got the makings of a good day and it the first game of the day is a rematch and a chance for the
49:48Liverpool lads to finally beat Freddie's original team from Preston we're the first team so like it's up to us to play well but respectfully yeah I'm batting first so I'm going all or nothing bang
50:04I should have caught that the girls would have hey I've got faith in you lad you'll this to the sky for us to catch
50:11I've heard you've got a small penis hey the batting was trying to get verbal is he
50:15yeah hey oh
50:21I didn't think it'd ever get this big to be fair I didn't think field of dreams would go to four fields of dreams
50:31yeah I do actually think it will change a lot of people's life because it gives you a different
50:37perspective on life it gives you that little bit of like a push a push but in a good way hey you've
50:42got to get in his head call him a Muppet for Fred to do what he's done for us for other team I think
50:47it's fantastic really I know how lucky I was to have this opportunity
50:51knowing that they've gone through what we've gone through and how it's changed us massively
51:01so if it can change other people I think it's brilliant
51:07hey this is horrible this lads we need to it come on man
51:12the original Preston team have put in a good effort oh the scouts look at them but the Liverpool
51:27lads have managed to win by just one run it feels good like last time we trained and got beat and
51:34this time we've carried on training and we've beat them so just shows that we can beat anyone if we
51:38shine enough with the Liverpool lads through to the final over on the other pitch the Manchester
51:45boys have made a strong start in their rematch against the Blackpool girls all my family at
51:51home and all my friends have said since I've been doing cricket I've been a different person
51:56completely my mood's been shining a lot more and I made some amazing mates
52:06pretend like you're hitting somebody you hate on the head
52:08it's been great to be a part of it I didn't think I would have carried on with it but I did and
52:27I've enjoyed every little minute of it despite a valiant effort the girls have lost their rematch to the
52:37boys over the past year being with the girls I feel like winning isn't even the point for me
52:45anymore I have a girls team I've honestly made some of my best friends probably for life here who I
52:51know I'll play with in the future and who I know I'll train with and for me that's all that really
52:55matters for the final match and a chance of taking home the trophy the lads from Liverpool
53:03will be battling it out against the boys from Manchester you know we've managed to throw
53:08something together where four teams of kids who don't really play cricket have competed against
53:13each other but then I suppose some of the things I'm happier about you know Ryan for instance Kevin
53:20drop keep going drop you know I first met him and he showed himself to be a very different kid to what
53:29we've seen now you see a definite change in his behavior Stevie Kev Dylan as well you know Presley is
53:44exactly the same I'm a kid that has struggled at school with friendship groups and finding his
53:49belonging I think he's found more of that you know the more I get to know miles the more reveals about
53:54himself just this big kid who just wants to be liked it's a massive change in Maddie she has a
54:00moment but you know I think ultimately she'd make a great coach so we could speak about all the kids
54:07and whether cricket's going to be on the radar in some ways the cricket for these kids isn't really
54:14the important thing when they found mates and they found something to do and they found the belonging
54:18at a place I think we've made an impact in a group of kids lives moving forward with family and friends
54:32watching from the sidelines the Manchester boys have won the match and this year's Field of Dreams League
54:37Cup never in a million years would I expect this never ever seen him like so connected with such a group the lack of family his confidence he's like a different child yeah I think it's been brilliant he just seems much more grown up more independent like it's part of you know he belongs to something you know he's got like a new community of people
55:02you're all young people you should have aspirations and dreams and no one should ever take that away from
55:17you see your talent push for it keep pushing forward all the time you never know it's going to take you
55:25and I hope through what we've done over this past year or so we've helped you on that journey
55:30without further ado come and get your trophy captain Myles
55:34it means so much to me honestly like it's just the best thing that has ever done to me
55:48I've never been in a team and yeah it's uh yeah pretty emotional to be fair
55:53I'm sure we'll all get together and keep playing cricket I'm sure because I think it's something that once you start doing you sort of just keep doing so all the boys enjoy it so we'll see where that takes us
56:14I feel like to be a part of field of dreams is probably the best experience of my life and I
56:23will never ever forget it I am passionate about grassroots cricket but giving kids a chance in
56:28general you know and maybe the way in which I or we can do it best is through cricket and that's the one
56:35thing we know and trying to give kids an opportunity to do something which hopefully will impact their lives
56:41moving forward for the better where it goes for me I've got no idea from when this started
56:49I think all our lives has changed a little bit but it's definitely a start it's something to build on
56:57and we'll have to see what happened
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