Natasha Asghar, Senedd Member for South East Wales, joined members of Newport Cricket Club to enjoy their BAME Cricket Festival yesterday (27 July).
The festival included taster sessions and matches throughout the day with fully qualified coaches.
Whilst there Natasha heard from members of the National Asian Cricket Council about their aims for cricket in and around Newport, including creating a new BAME women’s team, something she fully encourages.
After meeting with local members Asghar heard of their fundraising initiative to install a defibrillator on their grounds.
Defibs are a cause which is important for Natasha, and on hearing that they were short of their fundraising target she vowed to personally cover the remaining cost.
Natasha Asghar said:
“It has great to visit the Newport Cricket Club BAME day, with matches and introductory sessions for all. I was delighted to meet member of the Llandaff Women’s Cricket Team who are inspiring more women from BAME backgrounds to get into playing sport.”
“I was disappointed to hear that many members felt cricket is a dying sport, so I welcome their plans to reintroduce an indoor training area so that members can continue to reap the mental and physical benefits of sport throughout the winter months.”
“Whilst talking with members I learned of their recent Defibrillator fundraising campaign and am happily personally donating funds to hit their target and provide members with an important safety feature.”
