Richard Thompson says the opening of the facility hopes to make cricket “the most inclusive sport in the country.”
Richard Thompson hopes to make cricket “the most inclusive sport in the country” after seeing a new state-of-the-art venue open in Bradford.
The facility features two 40 x 20-metre covered domes with lighting, a real-life like cricket surface and a retractable netting system which fully replicates the features of an elite indoor facility, allowing for both training and matches to be played. He told the PA news agency: “It is essential. It is everything. My ambition for cricket is for it to become the most inclusive sport in the country.“So if people wants to play in Bradford they can, whatever the weather and whatever the day. So from that perspective, we need to replicate that fast because there are other areas where it is just as great. But Bradford is a hotbed of enthusiasm for cricket so this is the obvious place to start.
The investment is also good news for Yorkshire, who were punished for their handling of allegations of racism and bullying by former player Azeem Rafiq and a failure to address systemic use of racist and discriminatory language over a prolonged period.The dome was opened in Bradford on Friday “They can say we have the first facility of this type anywhere in the world, it is truly world class and in that sense there is no county that needed it and deserved it more.
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