{"id":68604,"date":"2022-11-29T16:43:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T16:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=68604"},"modified":"2022-11-29T16:43:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T16:43:35","slug":"cricket-wales-offers-more-training-for-refugees-and-asylum-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2022\/11\/29\/cricket-wales-offers-more-training-for-refugees-and-asylum-seekers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Wales offers more training for refugees and asylum seekers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sport speaks its own language, says organiser opening the game up to all<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>CRICKET Wales has launched a second season of free indoor cricket training in Butetown for locals, and organisers say large numbers of refugees and asylum seekers are turning out to train. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mojeid Ilyas is a cricket development officer for the cricket board, and a Grangetown native. As a cricketer of Pakistani heritage, Mojeid is keen to run games for people in his community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy work is to make sure that cricket is accessible to all the people who come from disadvantaged backgrounds,\u201d said Mojeid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the city\u2019s most culturally diverse and deprived areas, Butetown hosts one of four street cricket centres in Cardiff, with others in Grangetown, Leckwith and Riverside. The cricket charity Chance to Shine funds each centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Time for our adults <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chance2Shine?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Chance2Shine<\/a> street session\ud83d\udc4c\ud83c\udffe\ud83d\udc4c\ud83c\udffe<br><br>Great turn out with over 25 participants present\ud83c\udfcf\ud83c\udfcf<br><br>Total number of 49 between the two sessions\ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U1eIEqI4Dc\">pic.twitter.com\/U1eIEqI4Dc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Mojeid Ilyas (@MujiDCO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MujiDCO\/status\/1589293306818617345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cricket Wales feels it is important to keep working with asylum seekers and refugees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey take difficult journeys to come to this country, where they aren\u2019t familiar with their surroundings. Cricket serves as a tool to unite us,\u201d said Mr Ilyas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many of these players come from Afghanistan, where cricket is popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt helps that I speak Pashto, the language spoken by most Afghan refugees. But what\u2019s quite important about sport is that it speaks its own language. They don\u2019t need a good command of English to play.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cricket Wales does not only welcome refugees and asylum seekers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Ilyas said: \u201cWe target people who live in deprived, inner-city areas. A lot of the people we serve do have access to the sport but we\u2019re trying to find different ways to ensure that they access cricket regularly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cricket Wales holds several different sessions to accommodate their players, many of whom work antisocial hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve opened cricket up to different backgrounds, including the eastern European community that people don\u2019t always associate with the sport.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The cost-of-living crisis has not impacted Cricket Wales\u2019 street sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0\u201cWe allow people to come to our street sessions free of charge, so we are lucky that cost isn\u2019t a factor like it is for many.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Ilyas said they keep in contact with refugees and asylum-seekers who have been housed in another part of Wales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s quite powerful is that we have people from all centres coming together, people who have had similar journeys, and see them sharing their stories,\u201d Mojeid explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cricket Wales provides each player with equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe give them cricket kits to remind them of their time with us. This helps them assimilate into their new communities with ease,\u201d Mr Ilyas said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The street sessions, which take place indoors in winter, started in winter 2021. They are currently held in Butetown Pavilion Centre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cricket Wales plan to open sessions for women soon. \u201cOften, women aren\u2019t afforded sports facilities where they can play in a safe space,\u201d said Mr Ilyas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sessions are run in Butetown Pavilion Centre between 3.30 and 5pm for adults aged over 21 and between 1.30 and 3.30pm for 13 to 21-year-olds every Sunday.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the 2023 Six Nations and World Cup fast approaching, the Wales head coach faces a crisis in 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