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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, man.
00:10Over the course of a turbulent season...
00:12Seriously, I'm getting 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.
00:19Freddie 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! 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.
00:52His 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?
00:59And 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.
01:06Ain't you the stupid cow?
01:08Let's just do some cricket.
01:19Somehow you're getting your pads on.
01:21In Blackpool, Freddie'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.
01:35I'm going now!
01:35Oi, oi, oi, oi!
01:36Language, language!
01:38So tonight is all about seeing if they're ready to play a game.
01:43Can you do beat yourself?
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, here we go!
02:12Now we're playing cricket.
02:13Somebody ready?
02:18Yeah, I saw that.
02:21Oh, no, no, no.
02:22Oh, God.
02:23Oh, God!
02:24I need it!
02:26You all right?
02:28It always happens to me, doesn't it?
02:32All right, move them, move them, move them, move them.
02:34I can't, isn't it?
02:37No, it's not all we needed.
02:40Oh, I'm done with cricket!
02:43I'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.
02:53And then the next week, it's a shambles.
02:56Oh, bold.
02:57Bold!
02:58Shot!
02:59It's not nice getting hit.
03:01I think it's the shock of it more than anything.
03:02And the problem is, she got hit on the leg, didn't she, all the week?
03:06No!
03:06And we teased her back in with a softball and a hardball, and she got hit against her, she's
03:10back to square one.
03:11It's hard, isn't it?
03:12Because if we're going to play a game, we're going to use a hardball.
03:15You've got to have to find out, haven't you?
03:16Yeah.
03:16We're cleared in, it's hard.
03:17No.
03:17I don't know, it's all new ground for me, this.
03:21Is she coming back?
03:24Lucky, Mo.
03:24Lucky.
03:27For 16-year-old Summer, playing a new sport is something she's struggled with since joining
03:33the team.
03:33I feel like I can be, like, a bit hard on myself, like, if I can't do something first
03:40time, I feel like I won't be able to do it at all.
03:45It 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
03:52to be, like, the failure of the group.
03:55In cricket, you're going to get hit, and it is going to hurt, but it's not how, what
04:00happens to you, it's how you react, because it says more about you.
04:03Oh, no, no.
04:04You'd actually be surprised at how rare this is, a group of girls, all playing a
04:08sport, and it's, like, really a privilege to get this, because I've never had this
04:13before, and I would never let my injuries stop me from this opportunity, and I don't
04:20think you should either, because you've got so much potential.
04:22I'm hoping I can get better, but obviously, with most of the group being, like, so
04:26supportive, I feel like I'm going to get there.
04:31What?
04:31What?
04:31It would 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
04:41a lot to me.
04:42Like, it would be my first match with a group of girls, which is crazy.
04:46How is your hand?
04:47Can you move that, your thumb?
04:49Tonight, it's been mixed.
04:51We've had injuries, we've had shouting, we've had burping, and in between everything,
04:55we've had some half-decent cricket.
04:56You know what?
04:58I'm just going to throw them into a game.
05:00What can we do?
05:01You know what I mean?
05:01We could be here for the next ten years.
05:03I don't know if I'm brave or stupid.
05:04It's a fine line that people tread, isn't it?
05:06But you know what?
05:07They might surprise us.
05:08Hopefully, the competition of a game will bring the best out.
05:11Could go horribly pear-shaped as well, but I'm at a point where I'm prepared to try.
05:16For their first ever match, Freddy's taking the Blackpool girls 100 miles across the Pennines
05:30from Lycashire to Yorkshire.
05:33Set in over 220 acres, Queen Ethelberger's Collegiate is one of the county's leading private
05:40schools, known for its academic excellence and multi-million pound sporting facilities.
05:47How's everyone feeling?
05:49Good?
05:49You know, I'm actually nervous now that we're getting close.
05:51Why?
05:52Don't be nervous.
05:53Maddie, should we go hide?
05:54I think we're getting here now.
05:56Freddy, 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, they are.
06:04100%.
06:04Honestly.
06:05It came from special school.
06:07They're going to look at us and think, this is easy money.
06:09Yeah.
06:09Let's go.
06:10You know the best thing to be in life?
06:12Underestimated.
06:13I get paid for them.
06:13Let's remain underestimated.
06:15Yeah.
06:16It is a complex group of girls, you know, and they've grown up in Blackpool.
06:20Where are we going?
06:21You know, you listen to the stories and some of the distractions they've got in everyday
06:26life are quite serious ones.
06:28Look at us girls!
06:29Look at us girls!
06:31Oh, my God, we're so far!
06:33What we're trying to do is give them confidence to try new things, push them outside the comfort
06:38zone, and hopefully that'll help them in their lives moving forward.
06:42Oh, my God!
06:44Oh, my God!
06:45Whoa, whoa, whoa!
06:46Right, do us a favour, all right?
06:47I know it's all a bit different, but when we get off, just remember that we're being
06:53hosted by these.
06:54They've invited us here.
06:55Introduce yourselves, be nice, and just show yourselves off.
06:58All right?
06:59Bye-bye.
07:02Hey, all right?
07:03Hey, I'm Fred.
07:04Nice to meet you.
07:04Thanks for having us.
07:05Nice to meet you.
07:06Nice to meet you.
07:06Thanks, everyone.
07:06Hey, Lauren, how are you?
07:08All right.
07:08Thanks for having us.
07:08We're excited.
07:09I'm Madison.
07:10Nice to meet you.
07:11Hi, Sophia.
07:11I'm yours.
07:13Sophia.
07:13Matilda, nice to meet you.
07:15They're so fosh.
07:16They're so fosh.
07:17Wait, do you reckon they'll add caviar for their breakfast?
07:21You look at what slippers are.
07:23This is really embarrassing.
07:25At least you got one way.
07:26Come on, we're going to go this way.
07:28Oh, my God!
07:33You guys have money.
07:35Why have you got a full-on park on a school?
07:37Honestly, it's massive.
07:39Where did all the money come from?
07:40This is probably worth more than the whole of Blackpool put together.
07:46What is this?
07:48You don't see this in Blackpool, do you?
07:50No.
07:52So 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
07:59and left school when she was 16.
08:02I was a very naughty child in school, too.
08:04You know, swearing at teachers, being the class clown, showing her.
08:08One of them.
08:10Always used to get excluded.
08:12Is this grass?
08:13Uh, yeah, this is Astro, I think.
08:15So, like, fake grass, pretty much.
08:16What?
08:17They couldn't really exclude me fully
08:18because I've been in care since I was 11.
08:21Oh, my God, the skirts have to be at knee length.
08:23Yeah, they're supposed to be, yeah.
08:24Get in homeschooled, are you mad?
08:26Hi, Maddie, so nice to meet you.
08:28Nice to meet you, everyone.
08:29Hi, Maddie.
08:30I'm Maddie, so nice to meet you.
08:31I actually can't believe this.
08:32Well, this is our first time playing a match.
08:34Yeah.
08:34Is that real?
08:35Yeah.
08:36Are you guys nervous?
08:37Yeah.
08:37Yeah.
08:37I'm nervous.
08:38I was expecting private school,
08:41but this is probably the privates, private school
08:43I have ever seen in my life.
08:45But it is amazing.
08:47Like, I would love to go here.
08:48It's so nice.
08:50So, have any of you ever been to Blackpool?
08:51I went to Blackpool when I was younger, actually,
08:53with all the lights, at night time.
08:55With all the lights?
08:56Yeah.
08:56With our TV machines.
08:58Yeah.
08:58To the arcade, yeah?
09:00It's pretty sound.
09:01I thought they were going to be f***ing hot the night.
09:04It's like two worlds collide, isn't it?
09:06You know, a group of girls from Blackpool
09:07with all different needs and complexities.
09:10But then when you look at this place
09:12and you look at the facilities
09:13and the opportunity for the kids here,
09:15it's incredible.
09:16And I'm genuinely happy for the kids
09:18that they get an opportunity to come here.
09:19It's just I wish the kids like ours
09:21and our girls had more opportunity.
09:23I suppose, in some ways,
09:24that's what we're trying to do
09:26at the moment on quite a small scale.
09:30Get yourselves ready.
09:31The dressing room is behind you.
09:32Woo!
09:33For the girls' first ever match,
09:35Freddie has given former England captain Kate Cross
09:38the role of head coach.
09:40Any problems with the dress, outfits?
09:43Kate's just here waiting.
09:45Me and Kyle just went over there.
09:48Yay!
09:49Look at this!
09:50Do you want me to take a picture for you all?
09:52First team picture in your eyes?
09:54Does it make you feel more like a team today?
09:55Yeah!
09:57Smile, everyone.
09:59There we go.
10:01Thank you!
10:02Woo!
10:02Go on, Mads.
10:03Come on, guys!
10:05I feel like a proper cricket now.
10:07Everyone all right?
10:08Look at this.
10:09I've just been watching them.
10:13They look very professional.
10:14Yeah.
10:15I'm hesitating to say it.
10:16Oh, wide.
10:17And I don't like saying it,
10:18but I see them as a threat in this current moment.
10:20Oh, hold on!
10:22Rewind.
10:22No-one's a threat.
10:23We're the threat.
10:24Ooh, let's have it.
10:25We wish we were the threat.
10:26We're going to win.
10:27We're going to win.
10:27There's one thing we haven't mentioned going into this game.
10:30I've not named a captain.
10:31The one person that springs to mind,
10:33we've had a chat about it,
10:35and it's obvious,
10:35it's someone who wanted to play in a girls' team.
10:37I think even better to lead a girls' team.
10:39Matilda, congratulations.
10:41You're our captain.
10:41Woo!
10:41Woo!
10:42Yay!
10:45Aw, thanks.
10:46I feel really privileged.
10:48Like, being told you're going to be captain
10:49for Freddie Flintoff's team
10:51by Freddie Flintoff.
10:53Like, it's not something you get told every day, is it?
10:56I don't think it matters if we win or not,
10:58as long as we go out there, try our hardest.
11:01Let's go and smash it.
11:02Thank you, Manny.
11:03Right, let's have a warm-up.
11:06Despite excitement riding high,
11:08the girls' confidence is about to be tested,
11:10as they face a more experienced team
11:13on an artificial pitch with a hard cricket ball.
11:17Are we doing hard balls?
11:18Yes, we will be.
11:20I'm scared.
11:2116-year-old Summer has struggled with the hard ball
11:24throughout training.
11:26No, I'm going to be sick.
11:34I'm going to be sick.
11:41Someone's had a bit of a wobble.
11:43You know, they come to a new place,
11:44a new environment.
11:46We're challenging them to a game of cricket
11:47against kids who they think are probably far better than them.
11:50And it's inevitable.
11:52There's going to be some nerves,
11:52there's going to be some anxiety.
11:54It's moments like this where you're not quite sure what to do.
11:57I'm not trained in this.
12:00What's up?
12:00No way.
12:02What's happened?
12:04What's happened?
12:04We're not even playing any cricket yet.
12:06We don't want to do it.
12:07You don't have to do it then.
12:09But every time,
12:11when you've had a good day at cricket,
12:12you've loved it.
12:14And what happens now is you work yourself up
12:16and it's never as bad as you think.
12:18You're here to enjoy it.
12:19If it's making you this upset,
12:21you don't have to do it.
12:22They build it up so much in their own minds
12:24and there's this expectation and pressure where,
12:27you know,
12:27it's a big win being here in the first place.
12:31But Summer isn't the only girl
12:32suffering from last-minute nerves.
12:35I'm scared.
12:36Why?
12:36You've just got to relax and enjoy it.
12:38Awesome, it's a game of cricket.
12:40All right, you're ready, mates.
12:41Everyone 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.
12:48Stress yourself out before it's even.
12:51Hey, Summer's out.
12:52Yes.
12:53Ultimately, it doesn't matter.
12:55It'd be lovely if they won, wouldn't it?
12:56And that bus went way home would be a rocket.
13:00But 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.
13:11Right, you ready to go?
13:12Right, am I even?
13:13Three, two, one.
13:14Woo!
13:16I've got absolutely no idea how this is going to go.
13:19Me neither, but you ought to go.
13:21Yeah, thanks.
13:24I think if they get through the ten overs
13:26with no-one walking off the pitch,
13:28that's a ball on us.
13:29Having won the toss,
13:31Freddy's girls from Blackpool are fielding first.
13:34Come on, Mila!
13:35Woo-hoo!
13:36We're in there!
13:39Yes, Mila!
13:41Mila!
13:41Mila, how's it going?
13:43And have managed to get their first ever wicket
13:46from their first ball bowled.
13:48We've lost them close up to winning!
13:50Yes!
13:52What are you crying?
13:54What are you crying?
13:55She's crying again.
13:57We've only had one ball.
13:58And we've got a wicket.
13:59One Matilda!
14:02Mila!
14:03Yes, yes.
14:03Come on, Mollie, you've got me!
14:06Shut up!
14:08Yes, Mo!
14:09Well done, Mollie!
14:11Despite a positive start,
14:13the opposition are still managing to rack up runs.
14:17I just nearly died.
14:19Come on!
14:20And it's all right!
14:22Oh, Mollie!
14:25What did I do?
14:26You nearly got a wicket!
14:28Doing great, everybody!
14:30Yeah, we're definitely doing well so far in the bowling
14:31and the field inside of things.
14:33I'm just excited to see how we got on in the batting.
14:36Yes, the mat!
14:39How is that?
14:40Well done, girls, yeah?
14:44At the end of their innings,
14:46Queen Ethelburgers have knocked up a total of 85 runs.
14:50Nice.
14:50I'll get you, my two overs, Mo.
14:53Sorry, but I was petrified.
14:54Why?
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.
15:01Straight over.
15:02Incredible.
15:02Well done.
15:03The girls from Blackpool need 86 runs to win.
15:08And up to face her first ball is 17-year-old Maddie,
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, mate.
15:21Never.
15:22But I'm feeling a bit more confident about it.
15:25I just can't wait for the match, Damie.
15:31She's at her own stumps.
15:33You're out.
15:35Hello, mate.
15:37It's all right, Maddie, yeah?
15:38Don't worry about it.
15:39Is that me, I'm it?
15:40Walk her off, guys.
15:41Come on, Maddie.
15:45Wait.
15:47She hit the stumps with her back.
15:50Move, got off me.
15:52Don't care, mate.
15:53Oh, no.
15:56Yeah, Mab.
16:01Joke me.
16:03She's quite emotional.
16:04She's quite hard on herself.
16:06I'm going to give her five.
16:08Unfortunately, Maddie, she hit her own wickets with her back.
16:13So, obviously, she's out there.
16:15I 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, Maddie?
16:29No, mate.
16:30Come on.
16:31At least...
16:31What?
16:32Just come and spot the other girls.
16:34What?
16:34Shot!
16:35Yes, K.A.
16:40Yes, K.A.
16:41Whoo!
16:42That's a four.
16:43That's a four.
16:44How mad?
16:45What?
16:46You all right?
16:46No, mate.
16:47We can sit down with everyone.
16:50Shot!
16:51With one over remaining, the team need another 37 runs to win.
16:58Yeah.
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.
17:07Now, we've gone right anymore.
17:08What?
17:09Very well listening, aren't you?
17:10What were?
17:12Despite a strong performance, at the end of their first ever match,
17:16the girls have fallen short by just 18 runs.
17:20Well done.
17:22Great work.
17:22Great striking.
17:23Well played.
17:24Well played.
17:25Well played.
17:25I think when the girls look back today, they can look back and think,
17:28I see you.
17:29You'll be really pleased with themself and take some pride from that.
17:32Yeah, we might not have won the game.
17:34However, you know, just getting through it, coming here is a massive success.
17:38The only thing is, though, is it's a shame Maddie got upset.
17:41But, you know, she's got to learn, hasn't she?
17:50Back in Blackpool, Freddie's keen to get a better understanding of Maddie.
17:55I think the hard thing with Maddie is getting us to talk.
17:58She's so guarded.
18:00You know, she's someone who doesn't speak too much about herself,
18:02doesn't let you in.
18:03And I suppose that's her, isn't it?
18:04You've got to gain her trust and make her feel she can talk.
18:09So I hope today is some way towards doing that a little bit more
18:11and we can find out a bit more about Maddie.
18:15Oh!
18:16This is our ferret dog, lady.
18:17Oh, lady!
18:19Yes!
18:20Maddie has recently moved into supported accommodation
18:23to help her prepare for living independently.
18:27Can I have a chat with Drew here?
18:28She can make me a Drew.
18:30See how far she's gone?
18:31Yeah.
18:32Hi, Maddie.
18:33How are you?
18:34Good.
18:35Welcome to the gaff.
18:39You enjoying it, yeah?
18:41Yeah, it's quite boring, actually.
18:44Boring living on your own, isn't it?
18:46So what do you do during the day?
18:48Eh...
18:50Work?
18:52No.
18:53No?
18:54College?
18:54No.
18:56What about cricket?
19:01What are you thinking about cricket?
19:03What's it out with?
19:03I don't actually know.
19:07Confidence?
19:08Yeah, probably.
19:09Probably that.
19:10See, if you go somewhere new,
19:12whether it be the cricket, the football or a job,
19:15how does it make you feel?
19:17Do you feel anxious?
19:18Do you feel nervous?
19:18Not really, no.
19:19No?
19:20Not bothered when I used to meet to me.
19:23What about when things don't go well?
19:25Oh, I get angry.
19:26Really?
19:26Yeah.
19:27I've never noticed.
19:28Really?
19:29Have you always been like that?
19:30Yeah.
19:31You 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?
19:41That's all it is.
19:42So you bottle it all in?
19:44Yeah.
19:46If I bottle it up,
19:47at the end of it,
19:48I'll probably start crying.
19:49And then that's not so.
19:51Or I'll get angry
19:52that I've held it in for so long.
19:54I'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...
20:08Because...
20:09Basically, I've been in care
20:13since the age of 11
20:13and with people walking in and out
20:16in my life most of my time
20:18growing up
20:18and people coming in,
20:21me speaking to them,
20:22me getting along with them,
20:23me trusting them,
20:24I'm going to walk out.
20:25So...
20:26That's been like a common thing.
20:27Yeah.
20:28So it's just been a struggle
20:28trusting people
20:29every time someone comes in.
20:31So from 11 to now,
20:33who's in your life from then?
20:36Anyone?
20:37Like social workers and that.
20:38So they come...
20:39But I've had about 20 different ones.
20:41Right.
20:42And like,
20:43I've got on with them
20:43for a full year or two
20:46and then they just go.
20:48I get that.
20:49So there's people coming
20:50and going all the way through.
20:51Yeah.
20:52Build a trust and then go on.
20:53Yeah.
20:55Quite a thing, actually.
20:57I get it.
20:58You've got so much talent,
20:59so 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,
21:04you know how good you are at everything.
21:06And you back off.
21:07Yeah.
21:08You can push through that,
21:09don't you?
21:09Yeah.
21:11So yeah,
21:11if there's something you need,
21:12tell us.
21:13Rather than kicking off
21:14or getting frustrated.
21:16What, every two minutes,
21:16tell us what you want.
21:17Let's see how we can help you.
21:19You have so much talent,
21:20so much ability.
21:21And when you smile,
21:22it's lovely.
21:23It'll see.
21:24Look at you.
21:24Look at her smile.
21:25It's true, though, isn't it?
21:27Making me blush.
21:28I know she says
21:31that she's been in care
21:32since 11.
21:34I can't even begin
21:35to imagine
21:35what that's like.
21:38This is all right, isn't it?
21:39Yeah, well,
21:39in the crib.
21:41You know,
21:41she talks about things
21:42where she struggles
21:43gaining people's trust
21:44and people coming
21:45in and out of her life.
21:47And somehow,
21:48we need to break that cycle
21:49or help her break that cycle.
21:51You are tidy as well,
21:51aren't you?
21:52Yep.
21:53Didn't expect that.
21:54Did you not?
21:54No.
21:55Better look at everything
21:56hanging up.
21:57Shoes out.
21:58I'm hoping that Maddie
21:59will find something
22:00she wants to do
22:00and she'll grab it
22:02with both hands
22:02and put all that energy
22:04and all that enthusiasm
22:05and all that talent
22:06she's got into it.
22:08It's just finding that thing
22:09and helping her get there.
22:16With three new teams
22:18now up and running
22:19across the North West,
22:20Freddie's ambitious plan
22:21to expand his field of dreams
22:23is proving to be
22:24a bigger challenge
22:25than ever before.
22:26Doing three
22:28hasn't made it
22:29three times harder.
22:30It's almost made it
22:30ten times harder.
22:32I think that's one of the things
22:33that we're struggling with
22:34a little bit.
22:35But I think
22:36the very essence of this
22:37is helping the kids
22:40that we're coming in contact with
22:41and then seeing the kids thrive.
22:44I think that's success.
22:46Cricket isn't necessarily
22:47the most obvious route
22:50to do that,
22:50but we're trying.
22:54Is there anyone else here?
22:55I don't know, not yet.
22:56There's only three of us.
22:57I don't know what's up anymore.
22:59It's been two months
23:00since Freddie held
23:01tryouts in Manchester.
23:03Are you all right?
23:04Good to see you again.
23:05Good to see you again.
23:06How are you?
23:07Good to see you.
23:07Good to see you.
23:08The dungeons.
23:09Good to see you.
23:10Yeah, you.
23:10But despite regular
23:11training sessions,
23:13there aren't enough players
23:14turning up to form a team,
23:15which is threatening
23:17to derail Freddie's dream
23:18of creating a league
23:19of successful clubs.
23:21So where's everyone else?
23:23I don't know.
23:23We can't have a team
23:24with three players.
23:25Yeah, I know.
23:27A bit apprehensive.
23:29You've seen how many
23:29are going to turn up.
23:31You know, we're getting, what,
23:32six, seven lads
23:33turning up each session.
23:34The problem with that is,
23:36one, it's not a cricket team.
23:37It's definitely not enough
23:38to support a club
23:39because this is such
23:41a 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
23:48the local people.
23:50Ultimately,
23:51we're trying to create
23:52something which is lasting.
23:54But I think tonight
23:55we've just got to give
23:56the lads the best we can
23:57and worry about that
23:59further down the line.
24:02One of the boys
24:03who has turned up
24:03for tonight's training
24:04is 15-year-old Hassan.
24:07What's up, mate?
24:08Good.
24:09You all right?
24:10You look tired.
24:11I am, I am, I am.
24:12What have you been doing?
24:13Not been coming,
24:13have you, at session?
24:15No, I can't cope with it.
24:17Don't think it's my thing no more.
24:18Why not?
24:19No, I don't really know.
24:21What would you be doing
24:22instead?
24:23Chilling.
24:24Chilling and doing what?
24:25Chilling, chilling my boys.
24:28Your boys?
24:28Yeah.
24:29What are your boys here?
24:30No, not here.
24:31Why?
24:32No, I don't think it's
24:33the ones around here.
24:35At all?
24:35No, at all, at all.
24:37Do us a favour tonight.
24:38Throw yourself into it.
24:39Yeah, same.
24:40Give us what you've got.
24:41Yeah.
24:43If you don't enjoy it after tonight,
24:44then fine, but just give it one last go, eh?
24:46Yes.
24:46You never know, you might surprise yourself.
24:48Yeah, same.
24:49See how you go tonight, all right?
24:50Appreciate it.
24:52I had a chat with Hassan there,
24:52being brutally honest.
24:54It's a bit deflating.
24:56You know, you're trying to do something,
24:58and maybe we're trying to do something
25:00that the vast majority of people
25:02around here don't want.
25:03That seems to be what Hassan's saying,
25:04but we'll give it a go,
25:05see how tonight goes.
25:06You never know,
25:07he might hit a few balls
25:08and want to come back,
25:08but he just wants to be
25:10around his mate's house,
25:11don't he?
25:11Chilling.
25:13You've got a quick register.
25:15Dominic?
25:16Yeah.
25:17Mikey?
25:18Yes.
25:19Hassan?
25:20Here.
25:20Here he is.
25:21Yes, Hassan.
25:23Fresley?
25:24Yes, of course he is.
25:25Gateman?
25:26No.
25:27Mo, no.
25:29Issa?
25:30No.
25:31Slim Pickens again, isn't it?
25:32Charlie?
25:34No, no Charlie.
25:35Shabir?
25:37No.
25:38That's us.
25:39Throw yourselves into it tonight, boys.
25:42Let's get Hassan enjoying himself.
25:44You don't think cricket's rim,
25:45but we can convince him differently tonight,
25:46can't we, Hassan?
25:48No?
25:49Maybe, maybe.
25:50Come on then, Kyle, let's get going.
25:52Do you have to do this
25:53every time you play cricket?
25:54I'm like putting ratchet straps
25:56up back at Kyle, aren't we?
25:57LAUGHTER
25:58That's the way of perfect.
26:02Right.
26:03Yes, Al.
26:05Run, you've got to run.
26:06I didn't punch it.
26:07You've got to run, you hit it.
26:08LAUGHTER
26:08I feel really bad
26:11because it's obviously not working.
26:14How do we get it to work?
26:15That's the problem.
26:17We don't have a cricket club,
26:18we don't have facilities.
26:19Come on, Presley, hit one.
26:21Shot!
26:21We could raise all the money in the world,
26:23but we've got six kids.
26:25Keep running, keep running.
26:26It's sad to say,
26:27but it just, it doesn't make sense.
26:29But then,
26:30you see the lads hit a ball
26:31and laugh and enjoy themselves,
26:33you think, well,
26:34we've got to do something,
26:35but what is something?
26:36I, I...
26:37It's a conundrum, innit?
26:39Yes.
26:40Yes, Dom.
26:42Oh!
26:42Oh, Dom!
26:44Oh, Hassan's off.
26:46Yeah, I think we might have lost one.
26:47Hassan's walked off.
26:49No, Hassan, what can you do
26:50if you don't want to be here?
26:50You don't want to be here.
26:52Can't tie him to the wickets, can we?
26:54So far, you lads, bless you,
26:56you keep turning up
26:57and you keep coming.
26:58Right, Hassan's gone home just now,
27:00but 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?
27:10Thank you so much, well done.
27:11Let's come.
27:12Just help pack up, that's it.
27:13Kyle, pack up.
27:14What do we do, Kyle?
27:16Cos, I'll be honest with you,
27:17this is make or break now, isn't it?
27:19It's tough, innit?
27:20You know, we've done
27:21half a dozen sessions here
27:22and I thought we'd have seen
27:24some more people come in from the area.
27:27It's just been nothing, has it?
27:28So, that's a worrying part.
27:31And the hard thing is
27:32that 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
27:38to, like, all get stuck into it
27:40and actually play a few games and stuff,
27:42cos I've been really enjoying it,
27:43I think I'd be a bit devastated
27:45cos 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.
27:58If we can sell our experiences,
27:59then I do believe that we can have a good few lads here.
28:03We need to literally beg people to go,
28:05look at the turnout at the moment.
28:07There's only seven of us.
28:08You know what I mean?
28:09We need to get at least 11.
28:12And it's...
28:13We're struggling.
28:15For Presley, keeping the team together
28:18has become a priority,
28:20as the boys have started hanging out
28:22away from the club too.
28:23That's my pepperoni pizza.
28:29Presley's come home tonight
28:30with two of his cricket mates
28:32and seeing him just bonding with kids
28:36and smiling and laughing
28:37and, you know,
28:39it'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 wife and my heart.
28:51Can we kiss?
28:51I just thought if I moved to a different school
28:54I would get bullied as the same.
28:57But it actually is worse
28:58because you're like a black sheep
29:02and a white sheep pen
29:04and, I mean, you stand out like a sore thumb.
29:07Do you want a pizza?
29:14I don't feel like talking about it
29:16and it's difficult to talk about.
29:18But if the cricket and the tomorrow
29:22I'd be gutted
29:23because I'll miss the lads,
29:25I'll miss the banner
29:25and I probably miss Freddie as well.
29:28Your pizza has delivered.
29:31I'm very proud, yeah.
29:34I am.
29:35And watching him, you know,
29:37stick to it and enjoy it
29:39and him wanting to go further in it,
29:41you know, he loves it.
29:42At Freddie's third club in Liverpool,
29:49it's been a struggle to get the boys
29:50to regularly turn up for training.
29:53So he's relying on the lure
29:54of playing another cricket match
29:56to get the team back on track.
29:58Yeah.
29:58I'm hoping the lads turn up
30:00and they're enthused
30:02because they've got a match on Monday.
30:04You know, we've played one already
30:05against the Preston boys
30:06and they got beat,
30:07but Monday I'd like them
30:09to put a performance in,
30:11to be honest with you.
30:12Not just on the field,
30:13but off it as well.
30:14F***!
30:14I just want them now
30:17to show a bit more respect.
30:20Stop swearing.
30:22I'm not expecting them to be perfect.
30:25However,
30:25these lads can improve a hell of a lot
30:27in a lot of different areas.
30:29Might as well get cracking on it.
30:31Let's get cracking.
30:32We've not got a team.
30:33We've only got four of us, five of us.
30:34Do us a favour, come on.
30:35We've got a game, haven't we, in a few days.
30:38Play of effort, not too much swearing.
30:39I'll be happy.
30:41All good, right?
30:41The big arse.
30:41Come on, come on.
30:42What, the effort or the swearing?
30:44The swearing.
30:44How many do you want?
30:4620.
30:4720?
30:48Nah, it's too many.
30:4810.
30:498.
30:5010?
30:508.
30:51You said 7?
30:53No, you didn't.
30:54I'll take 7.
30:56I'll take 7.
30:56I'll give you 9.
30:59They come at?
31:009.
31:00F***!
31:02I've only used one of them.
31:03Yes.
31:04That was 6.
31:058 left.
31:064.
31:06We've got 4 players.
31:10Yeah.
31:11I think some more are coming, haven't they?
31:14Who knows?
31:15Who knows?
31:16Come on, Connor.
31:17Use your arms, lad.
31:19I'll try it.
31:20Ryan, no worries, Matt.
31:21Good effort.
31:21Just shit me cacks.
31:23Yes.
31:24There's two.
31:25Go on, Ryan, here.
31:26We're finished.
31:27F***.
31:28You've got 3 left all night.
31:30You're going to be struggling.
31:32Use them wisely.
31:32Oh, oh, oh, oh, well done.
31:36That's progress, Ryan.
31:38I thought you were going to use one, then.
31:41Well done, lad.
31:41The edge was there, you know.
31:44Saving them for later, though.
31:45Absolutely shocking.
31:51The turn-offs.
31:53Need to be getting the red in the game.
31:55Yeah, no-one's actually turned up today.
31:56Not too sure why, because we've got a match in, like, what, four days?
32:01And there's only, what, four of us here.
32:03Don't reckon it's going to go too well, to be honest.
32:07Shot, Ryan!
32:0717-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.
32:24Whoa!
32:25I just thought it 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,
32:38and there's so many things which we're battling.
32:41Hey-hey!
32:42That counts! That counts!
32:44We have to keep trying.
32:46No, it doesn't. That was a hand motion.
32:48You know, it gives them part of a team and friends.
32:50You know, there's something else to do.
32:52They're not just hanging about the streets or playing on Xboxes
32:54or sat in the house.
32:55It gets them outside doing something.
32:57Shot.
33:00His box has come out.
33:04You know why that is, Connor, don't you?
33:06That's because you've got a tiny
33:07to keep it still.
33:09Oi! Oi!
33:11I'm glad I did well.
33:14I can swear as much as I want,
33:15as long as he can't hear me.
33:16You've got five in the end, haven't you?
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,
33:25what else could I do?
33:26What else could we do?
33:27I can't even blame a bang on Ed for this one.
33:29It's...
33:30I genuinely don't know.
33:31You're going to hurt me.
33:40We're going door knocking, boys.
33:42In Manchester,
33:43in an attempt to save their cricket team
33:45and find more players,
33:47Presley's rallied his teammates together
33:49to take action.
33:50Yeah, the plan is
33:51we're going to take these leaflets,
33:52knock on doors,
33:53so we're going to sell ourselves
33:54for the club.
33:55All right?
33:56Sell ourselves.
33:57Let's go door knocking, boys.
33:58Come on.
33:59All right, let's go.
34:00You know what you like, though?
34:00You know what, Matt?
34:01I got the lads together today
34:03to show Freddie
34:05that the club's worth serving
34:06and that we all are dedicated.
34:11Bit busy at the minute, mate.
34:13Go up, kid.
34:13All right, Nourish.
34:14All right.
34:15Hopefully they start spreading
34:16and the word gets about the area
34:17and the club starts getting more people.
34:20So, basically,
34:21we are trying to get
34:23a run-down cricket club
34:25back up and running
34:26and 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
34:35back up and running.
34:36We've got a training session next week.
34:38We'll love you to come.
34:40All we want is just a team to play
34:41with a team where we can compete,
34:44friends.
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.
34:50So, we're all learning together.
34:52Cheeky bastard.
34:57Despite the boys trying to drum up new recruits,
35:00the cricket club at Newton Heath
35:01is still deteriorating.
35:04But Freddie's hoping for some good news
35:06from Manchester Council.
35:07They came to Newton Heath
35:08and they said they were setting up
35:10a task force.
35:11They're going to do all these investigations
35:13and find out what they can do,
35:15what the club needs.
35:16So, hopefully, they're going to say,
35:18oh, this is what it needs,
35:19this is what we'll do,
35:20and we'll crack on.
35:22But that'd 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
35:32and just wondering what they've thrown up.
35:36Hopefully, what a great news.
35:38We've done some building and structural surveys.
35:44The conclusion that we've come to
35:46is that the building should be demolished
35:48and a new facility provided.
35:50I think, in all honesty,
35:52I think we knew that anyway, didn't we?
35:53So, I've been gathering different people
35:57to support us in terms of developing
36:00a set of proposals for a new building,
36:04which is coming in for the construction only.
36:07So, none of the, like, fitting out
36:10for approximately $850,000 to $900,000.
36:16And then, when it comes to cost,
36:20is there any help anywhere with that?
36:21From Manchester Council.
36:25I suppose the difficulty we've got is
36:27it's not our building and it's not our site,
36:30it's the trustees' site.
36:32So, we're helping by,
36:36so, like, the planning application,
36:37we will submit and cover the costs
36:39for all those things.
36:41But in terms of actual construction costs,
36:44with not owning the building,
36:46that puts the council in quite a difficult position.
36:48So, from a point of view of, like, your survey,
36:51and planning,
36:53once all that's gone through,
36:55we're on our own, aren't we?
36:56We want to see this project succeed,
36:59so we want to stay involved.
37:01I know you want to stay involved,
37:03but you're saying there'd be no funding,
37:06because it'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.
37:23Until a lease is bound,
37:25no-one can invest any money in that site.
37:32We were no further on on a lot of things.
37:35We know the club's falling down,
37:36we know it's leaking,
37:36it's got asbestos,
37:37not weed,
37:38it's in a bad state of repair,
37:39nobody goes,
37:40we knew that.
37:41But do people in New Zealand want that cricket club?
37:44Thanks for having me.
37:46Bye.
37:46See you soon.
37:49Bye-bye.
37:50You know,
37:50we were talking about raising.
37:52That's part of a million pounds.
37:54We've got six kids,
37:55and no lease.
37:57I'm still not sure it's the right place to do it.
38:02Let's go to the Nats.
38:03Let's get his Nats.
38:05Come on, Molly!
38:06Three, two, one.
38:09With news in Manchester going from bad to worse,
38:12one team that's going from strength to strength
38:15are Freddie's girls in Blackpool.
38:19Yes!
38:20Come on, Ben.
38:21Nice game.
38:23But with three clubs on the go,
38:25tonight's training session is a chance to see
38:27if his dream of having a league of thriving teams
38:30is on the right path.
38:32This one here,
38:34I can...
38:35I can see, I think, where it's going.
38:39The girls turn up, they're enthused,
38:41and I can see how that can impact
38:42this club,
38:44and hopefully women's cricket in the wider area.
38:47You know, this could be
38:48the start of something quite good, isn't that?
38:50Yeah.
38:52Buttle, where do you think it's going with Buttle?
38:55I think, potentially,
38:56we've just got to keep them interested.
38:59If there's a game around the corner for them,
39:00I think they'll be good.
39:01I think we've got to do that soon,
39:02rather than that.
39:03If it's just practice,
39:04I think they'll just get bored.
39:05But we've got a team, haven't we?
39:06We've got a team, and we've got somewhere for them to play.
39:09But Newton Eve,
39:10I just don't see what's happening there.
39:14Honestly, I don't know where the defeat is,
39:17but the more I think about it,
39:18I just don't know...
39:20I just don't know where that's going.
39:22The one that's a worry,
39:24is Newton Eve.
39:25The club's in such a disarray.
39:27There's no pavilion,
39:28there's no ground,
39:29there's no people.
39:30We've got four players,
39:32and no lease,
39:33and we're going to go
39:35and ask for all this money from the council.
39:37Yes, man!
39:39Yes!
39:40Oh!
39:41I want to keep doing it,
39:42and I want to do it.
39:44But at some point,
39:45you're going to have to think,
39:46actually,
39:46we could do something better somewhere else.
39:49I think Drastic's got to happen one way or the other.
39:50I think we have a couple more sessions with the lads,
39:52see if any more turn on.
39:54I'd love to let them lads down as well,
39:56but I'm struggling to see what we do with it.
39:59You know, we did well in Preston.
40:00This place seems to be all right.
40:01But Manchester, for some reason,
40:03it's not happening, is it?
40:08Back in Manchester,
40:09with the future of Newton Heath Cricket Club
40:11looking uncertain,
40:13it's been a few weeks
40:14since some of the boys
40:15tried to drum up interest
40:16to save the team.
40:18There's only three of you,
40:19whereas you've been speaking to any of your mates,
40:21trying to get them to come down
40:22or get them interested.
40:24A few of us have been door-knocking,
40:25trying to get people down.
40:26How did that go?
40:29Eventful.
40:30Well, I've got a register here,
40:31but it doesn't really feel like
40:32there's much point doing it,
40:33because I can see you all.
40:34So, should we just crack on
40:35and do some cricket?
40:36Yeah.
40:38One on that cone,
40:39one on here.
40:40I'll go with you.
40:41It is a really tough sell,
40:42I think as well.
40:43When you can't see
40:44the potential of a place,
40:45I think it's quite difficult
40:46to see the bigger picture.
40:48The cricket is the main sell for us here,
40:50and we've not even got enough for a team,
40:51so it feels like we've probably
40:52hit a bit of a dead end with it.
40:58One-handed.
41:01Yes, lads, you all right?
41:03It's good.
41:03How are you?
41:04How are you?
41:05Kyle, nice to meet you.
41:06Nice to meet you.
41:08Have you done any cricket before?
41:11No.
41:12Do you play any other sports?
41:13I do boxing.
41:14I used to do football.
41:15Never done anything like that.
41:17No.
41:17Mike, come on, you're in.
41:19Am I 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,
41:23but we'll use a tennis ball
41:24and a tennis racket.
41:25And just go one at a time.
41:28Okay, good effort.
41:31Do you want it a bit higher?
41:32Yeah, if you want.
41:33Yeah?
41:33I'll jump it.
41:38Yeah.
41:39Good.
41:41Oh, lucky.
41:43You've got to bend the knees
41:44with it, innit?
41:45You've got no coach.
41:46Do we want our hands hard or soft?
41:48Soft.
41:49Yes.
41:50One of the new recruits
41:51who's responded to the flyering
41:53is 16-year-old Miles.
41:55Have you played cricket before, you?
41:57Oh, no, I never, bro.
41:58Never have.
41:59Guess what Miles does.
42:00What?
42:01Boxing.
42:01You're a boxer?
42:02I met a boxer a couple of years ago.
42:04What boxer?
42:06Tassel.
42:06Tassel Fieryx?
42:07Yeah, yeah.
42:08You're the Tassel one?
42:09Have you lads ever done any bowling?
42:11Bowling?
42:11You know, like the action,
42:12the bowling action.
42:13Bowling, like...
42:14No, not like 10-pin bowling.
42:15Cricket bowling.
42:17Maybe primary in that, yeah.
42:19Your left arm,
42:20that left hand,
42:21pointing at the batter,
42:23and as your arm comes over,
42:25nice and straight.
42:26Yo, listen,
42:27if this throw's criminal...
42:29That'll be right, don't worry.
42:30Don't worry about it,
42:30it's your first go.
42:31You're allowed?
42:32Yeah, that's it.
42:33Great sound effects as well.
42:34Right, next one.
42:36Yes.
42:36Yes, good.
42:37Perfect.
42:38That's it.
42:38Don't worry about the outcome just yet.
42:39The action was very, very good.
42:40That's really good.
42:41I think having Miles here,
42:45it's obviously a bit of a character.
42:47Nyaaah!
42:49But straight away,
42:50you can tell he backs himself to do it,
42:51he's never done it,
42:52and he's brilliant around the group,
42:54telling people,
42:54like, helping them,
42:56so, you know,
42:57this is how it feels it should be.
43:00Whoa!
43:01Catch!
43:01The aura!
43:05The aura, man,
43:06you know what I mean?
43:07Tonight, we've had a few new lads down,
43:08it's been really good.
43:10The boys said they want to keep coming,
43:11and they're enjoying it,
43:12so,
43:12hopefully we can keep it up
43:14and get the numbers going.
43:15Nice!
43:17It's great.
43:18Like, there's actually people
43:19over actually doing training.
43:20It's mint, yeah.
43:21It's pretty fun, you know?
43:23Maybe not careers.
43:25Career thing, innit?
43:26It's pretty fun.
43:27Yeah.
43:28I thought cricket
43:28was, like,
43:29just for some posh boys, innit?
43:30Like, just running around going,
43:32hitting it and that,
43:33drinking a cup of tea and that,
43:34but it's actually, like,
43:35hard to do it, like,
43:37you know,
43:37I'm sweating a bit,
43:38I won't lie.
43:45With team numbers
43:47on the rise in Manchester...
43:48Come on, lads,
43:49come in for a second, please.
43:5140 miles away in Liverpool,
43:53things are also looking more positive,
43:55as all the lads
43:56have turned up for match day.
43:58Thanks so much for coming.
43:59I was worried the other night
44:00at practice
44:00that we wouldn't have a team,
44:02but you're all here.
44:03You played the first game
44:03against the boys from Preston,
44:05I thought it went really well.
44:06This is just an opportunity now
44:07to try again.
44:09A few things for today, lads.
44:10One is, like,
44:11stick together,
44:11support each other
44:12at all times,
44:15respect who we're playing against,
44:17and just try and keep
44:18this language down to a minimum.
44:19Obviously, we need a captain
44:20for the game.
44:22So, Freddie?
44:23So, today's captain,
44:24if you're sitting back
44:25the other night,
44:26he was trying to knock
44:26the windows in.
44:27Incredible.
44:28I think he's a natural leader of men.
44:30Unfortunately,
44:31we've not got any.
44:34Now, so,
44:35Ryan's going to captain today,
44:36so get behind him,
44:36support him.
44:37Anything from you, Ryan?
44:38Last time,
44:39we didn't do as well
44:40as we wanted to do.
44:41First time trying as a team.
44:44We've been training since then,
44:45and we go out there today,
44:47and we go and battle them everywhere.
44:49Right, cheers, boys.
44:51Let's go.
44:52Good for printing, yeah.
44:54The last match didn't go
44:55the way we wanted it to go.
44:56We lost,
44:57and I think all the boys
44:59in the back of their mind
45:00remember the loss
45:01and don't want to go
45:02through that again.
45:03So, I think it's a big day
45:05for us all to go out
45:06and show we can win,
45:08and that was just an off day.
45:10For the boys' second cricket match,
45:12Freddie so far
45:14kept their opposition under wraps.
45:16Are we getting done here, Fred?
45:24I can't be caught now.
45:26Who is it?
45:27That's rough.
45:28That's someone's getting niffed.
45:31Why are we coming in here?
45:35Are we playing the bobbies?
45:37You dirty bastard.
45:39I can't be caught.
45:40Take it back, lad.
45:42Take it back, lad.
45:43This is your opposition.
45:49Introduce yourself, lad.
45:50When I see police,
45:52I go the other way.
45:54We're away from
45:56the police sort of
45:57just having in their head
45:58that everyone they see
45:59is a bad person.
46:01They're always trying to find
46:02you doing something wrong.
46:03Don't arrest us.
46:03Yeah, but when we do,
46:05you just don't arrest us.
46:06I really don't like plods.
46:08I feel like they're
46:09always stopping for no reason.
46:11I ain't shaking no hand, mate.
46:12Yeah, the ****, to be fair.
46:14It's something fun.
46:15At least it's dry.
46:16That's the main thing, isn't it?
46:17Oh, yeah.
46:17We'll go easy on you.
46:18Please do.
46:19Please do.
46:20Yeah.
46:21It's the police.
46:22They're all Tory **** anyway,
46:24so I'm not surprised
46:25they 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.
46:32Young people in this area
46:33don't want to have a good relationship
46:34with police because
46:35they find fun
46:36in making your day harder
46:38and miserable.
46:38No, I don't think I'll be playing busy.
46:39He's like, once I've seen the indication,
46:42I was like, oh, mud, that lad.
46:44You always want to get one up
46:45on Bobby's.
46:47So I think going
46:48absolutely **** everywhere
46:49will be a good little
46:51feeler for me.
46:53I'm the police captain
46:55today, so
46:57look forward to it.
46:59Captain to captain.
47:00We'll have a bit of fun either way.
47:01You get a smote.
47:02Okay.
47:02You get a smote.
47:03We'll see.
47:06There's a bit going on,
47:07they're niggling the police
47:08a little bit,
47:09which I expected.
47:10Hey, we're on the good side
47:11yesterday, aren't we?
47:12We're on the good side today.
47:14A bit surprised.
47:15Even as the police were getting out,
47:16there were some kids
47:17on bikes going past
47:18shouting at the police,
47:20shouting abuse at them.
47:22And I can imagine
47:22a couple of these lads
47:23have done that in the past.
47:24Everyone in.
47:25Everyone in.
47:25Get in here, lads.
47:26Come here.
47:26It's captain's team, so
47:27big, big words.
47:29Where's Stevie?
47:29Stevie, are you all flat?
47:33As soon as we make a brew,
47:35he won't start the game.
47:37Boys, they're fobby.
47:38They're all helmets.
47:40Make it.
47:40Make it.
47:41Come here, boys.
47:43We can't get beat
47:44to the barbys, lads.
47:46Boys, boys.
47:47Spread out.
47:49Spread out.
47:50Check it to you, isn't it?
47:51I'll tell you what,
47:52they want to win.
47:54Like they're doing, aren't they?
47:55Yeah.
47:57For us, it's about
47:58breaking down those barriers
47:59a little bit
48:00and actually showing that
48:01we're not just a police force,
48:03we are real human beings as well
48:04and we can come out here
48:05and 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
48:11that little bit of rub,
48:13those negative experiences
48:14on both sides, I suppose,
48:16and that apprehension
48:16from the bobbies,
48:18thinking, you know,
48:18what are we in for?
48:20Step in a bit out loud, yeah.
48:22But as long as everyone
48:23can take a bit of stick,
48:24then we'll be all right,
48:25you know?
48:27Michael, lad, go ahead.
48:29Having won the toss,
48:31Ryan's decided that the boys
48:32from Liverpool are fielding first.
48:34Michael, you are bowling sublime.
48:37Just keep giving me
48:38them balls, lad.
48:39They are smoking.
48:42Swing and a miss.
48:43Swing and a miss.
48:45Hey, Adam,
48:46go a bit more that way.
48:47Putting together
48:48desperate to win a game of cricket
48:50against the police,
48:51a game which they hated.
48:53Nice, Connor.
48:54If you've got a swing,
48:55at least hit the ball.
48:57You haven't gone all day
48:59for you to make a run.
49:00Come out.
49:00He's a vocal captain,
49:01right, isn't he?
49:02Yeah.
49:02I think he's been all right.
49:04Go on, nice, hit it.
49:07Oh, he smoked that one.
49:08Despite Ryan doing all he can
49:12to put the police
49:13off their game,
49:15the runs are starting
49:16to come thick and fast.
49:17Oh.
49:18And.
49:19And again, you.
49:20And.
49:20I ain't even bothering
49:24with that.
49:26Go on.
49:28At the end of their innings,
49:30the Merseyside police
49:32have knocked up
49:32a total of 78 runs.
49:34Do you think we can win,
49:35Rob?
49:36Hand up.
49:37Yes, Joe.
49:38Hold on, Joe.
49:38Hold on.
49:39Yes, Ed.
49:39Hold on, son.
49:41Well done, captain.
49:42You know, it's only the second game.
49:44They're playing against the police.
49:45So I think they're feeling
49:46the pressure a little bit.
49:47I think that's a measure
49:48they really want to win
49:49this game of cricket.
49:5078 is gettable.
49:52We've got a definite chance.
49:53I'm feeling as calm
49:55as anything, mate.
49:56I can get that 78 on me own.
49:59Come on, Stevie.
50:01Sorry for the white boys.
50:02It takes time to be this good.
50:04Good luck.
50:04Yeah.
50:05Enjoy yourself.
50:06Have a good one.
50:07Yeah, yeah, yeah.
50:07Good.
50:08It's right, lad.
50:10Needing 79 runs to win,
50:13Stevie and Adam
50:13are first in to bat.
50:15Go on, lad.
50:15Yes, Stevie.
50:16Hey.
50:20Yes, Adam, lad.
50:21No one's catching, lad.
50:26You're in.
50:27You're in.
50:27You're in.
50:28You're in.
50:28You're in.
50:29You're in.
50:29You're in.
50:30You're in.
50:30You're in.
50:31Yes, lad.
50:31Yes, lad.
50:32Yes.
50:32Yes.
50:33Come on, Harry.
50:34Come on, Harry.
50:35Yes.
50:35Wow.
50:36Harry.
50:38His box keeps coming down.
50:39Yes, lad.
50:40Yes, Haroun.
50:41Come on, lad.
50:42Smash this out the park, Haroun.
50:44Come on.
50:4618-year-old Haroun
50:48is one of the team's best players.
50:50Yes, Haroun.
50:52Oh.
50:52Here we go.
50:55With him now at the crease,
50:57the runs for the lads
50:58are quickly mounting up.
51:00Yes, Haroun.
51:02Hey, we're doing well,
51:05come on, boys.
51:06Yes.
51:07Yes.
51:08Hey, that's a slight dad as well,
51:09you know.
51:10Come on.
51:11Oh.
51:12I'm going to catch it.
51:13Oh, oh, oh.
51:14Come on.
51:15Oh.
51:16Oh.
51:17Oh.
51:18Oh.
51:19Oh.
51:20Oh.
51:21Oh.
51:22Oh.
51:23Oh.
51:2440-5.
51:25Rune's smacking it.
51:26I think you can tell the police
51:27are trying to get him out now.
51:28They've put all the fielders on the edge.
51:30They're taking it a bit better.
51:31They're taking it a bit more serious.
51:34Oh, my word.
51:35Is that a six?
51:36Yes!
51:37Yes!
51:38But it's great to see the lads, like,
51:40they appreciate how good Haroun is.
51:42I think it gives them a lift as well.
51:44Go on, Ryan.
51:45Go on, Ryan.
51:46We've got two overs remaining.
51:47Ryan joins Michael at the crease, chasing ten more runs to win.
51:49Michael, just think ten runs.
51:55And it's ours.
51:58Go!
51:59Go!
52:00Go!
52:01We need nine off to all of us.
52:03On the ball, I just swing it and look on the way.
52:05No, no, I don't think you're dead.
52:07And then listen to the shots, and I say, yeah, go.
52:12Oh!
52:13He's being staked off.
52:14You're in. Come on, Conor!
52:16Come on, Conor! Come on, Conor!
52:19Hey, you need a baller!
52:20Yo!
52:21Can you use it?
52:21Yeah, you can use it. Use it.
52:25Well done, Ryan.
52:26How many is it to win?
52:27Nine. Nine.
52:28Nine.
52:29What do you reckon?
52:30I don't know.
52:33Yes!
52:34Conor!
52:35Go again.
52:37Four!
52:38It's four!
52:39Four!
52:42Conor just hit a four with eight five.
52:49Yes.
52:50Go!
52:51Run, run, run!
52:52Run, run, run!
52:53Four to win.
52:54We're trying so hard here, aren't we?
52:57The Liverpool lads now just need four more runs to beat the police and secure their first-ever victory.
53:05Yes, go!
53:06Run, run, run!
53:07Go!
53:08Why are you not running?
53:09Why are you not running?
53:10You're not running?
53:12Oh, shit!
53:15Oh, shit!
53:16Shit!
53:17Badge, we need to play the one point.
53:19Badge, what are you saying, lad?
53:20Why are you even putting that in this?
53:22Yeah, man.
53:23This is life, no game.
53:25Come on, Conor.
53:26Playing on a team for me is something that you don't know the joy of doing unless you've
53:40experienced it.
53:41With being captain, it's just a whole other level of responsibility.
53:46You've got a whole team behind you, and it's terrifying.
53:56Go ahead, Conor.
53:57Oh, come on.
54:00Run, run, run!
54:01Yes, Conor!
54:02Go on, go on, go on!
54:04Go on, go on, go on!
54:09You've done it!
54:12There you go.
54:13There you go.
54:14Well, well done.
54:15Nice to have done.
54:24What a shot to win it.
54:28If you're not a bad coach after all, Kyle.
54:30Wow.
54:32When we first started, considering none of us could hold a cricket bat or know how to
54:36bowl, and we've gone out and done what we've done today, and I think we've done our own
54:40proud.
54:42We smashed it to be fair, obviously.
54:44Happy we beat them.
54:49I was expecting them to be dickheads, obviously, because every situation I've been in me have
54:54been dickheads, but once you take the uniform off and you find out that they're actually
54:57real people, you know that they're here for the better, not the worst.
55:00Yeah, it was incredible, wasn't it?
55:02Erm, they managed to win, and to be honest with you, I've never seen them as focused or
55:08as much desire to do well and win a game.
55:10And behaving the way in which they have them, for me, spoke volumes about how far they've
55:17come.
55:18Where are you from?
55:19I'm from here.
55:20I'm from the road, yeah.
55:21It's made me think that not all of them are pricks, but some of them are all right.
55:26It's not all about us getting your hands in your pockets, trying to make you a criminal,
55:31should we say, or 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, and we've got to protect yourselves as well
55:39and ourselves.
55:39Yeah, I'm going to hope I never have to come across the police anymore, but seeing them
55:44out in the streets, I'm definitely going to think more their son and I don't know.
55:48Has your view of the police changed by today?
55:52Yeah, 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 we've had with the police in the past.
56:00But then over a game of cricket and a cup of tea, they've managed to find a common ground
56:04and a newfound, hopefully, respect for each other and a better relationship moving forward.
56:12Mayo's wrong!
56:14Newt and Ethan at the moment, you're thinking, what are we doing here?
56:18These are better than this, don't they?
56:20You've got to look for somewhere else.
56:21I've got a new coach today, guys.
56:23What are you on about?
56:24Shut up.
56:25They try to wind me up.
56:26Girls are good at doing that.
56:28Who is that?
56:29Who is it?
56:29Is it the presser?
56:30Who are you?
56:31I personally really want to be, um, because they're lads.
56:34I'm going all or nothing.
56:36Bang.
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56:56What a big stroke at all.
56:59It's hard.
57:00What a big stroke at all.
57:03Have youневran now?
57:04What a big stroke at all.
57:09At this point, you have to report congratulations on your job today.
57:12Oh, you're in.
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