Members of an over-50’s walking cricket club say the sport has given them a new lease of life.
Madhu Patel, 71, attends two training sessions a week at Tipton Leisure Centre, in the West Midlands, and described them as a “massive opportunity” to get fit after two knee operations.
Sport England has provided the club with equipment and will be funding other projects in the Black Country to encourage exercise – 34.8% of adults in the region are classed as inactive.
The organisation has launched a £250m scheme to provide funding to 53 high-need areas in England to remove barriers to physical activity and to help people from lower socio-economic backgrounds as well as Black and Asian communities.
Community cricket development officer Pravin Patel runs the 90-minute walking cricket sessions, which he started at the centre in 2023….
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