There are so many amazing people who devote themselves to helping others enjoy cricket. The Marylebone Cricket Club Community Cricket Heroes campaign is a great way to recognise the volunteers who go above and beyond, the coaches who inspire, the grassroots players who overcome adversity. Find out how to nominate your heroes below
⭐️ Calling all Community Cricket Heroes ⭐️ MCC has today launched its Community Cricket Heroes campaign for 2024 to find 11 unsung cricketing heroes from across the country. The campaign, which is now in its second year and run in partnership with The Cricketer magazine, saw 11 heroes of grassroots cricket welcomed to Lord’s last June for a day of the England v Ireland Men’s Test match, watching on from the prestigious President’s Suite. Last year’s winners included Lachlan Smith, the founder of Birmingham Unicorns, one of the world’s only LGBTQ+ cricket clubs; Taj Butt, a groundsman from Bradford who has driven girls cricket participation and used cricket to support the education of young people in his local community and Sheena Recaldin, who helped save her local village cricket club in Kent following the Covid pandemic. Another one of last year’s winners, James Worstead, from Sussex, who helped develop a cricket club for refugees in Northern France, said of his experience: “It was my first ever trip to Lord’s, a place I never thought I would visit. To have come for the first time in those circumstances made it all the more surreal and it was an absolute privilege.” This year, another XI MCC Community Cricket Heroes will be chosen from the nominations by a special panel consisting of Arfan Akram, Mike Gatting, Dr Sarah Fane, and one of last year’s winners, Lachlan Smith. The panel will be chaired by former England international and MCC Chair of Cricket, Claire Taylor. Nominate yours now 👉 lords.org/heroes #Community #Grassroots #Volunteers #Sports
