Kids bowled over at day of cricket

Youth cricket teams from Yorkshire and Lancashire went head-to-head recently at the Unity of Roses Festival.

Children, aged 8-12, from the Lord’s Taverners Wicketz projects in Leeds and Manchester came together for a day of competition and life skills workshops, to celebrate all that is good about playing cricket.

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Lancashire and Yorkshire cricket projects join together for Unity of the Roses Festival

The day included a tour of Emirates Old Trafford, and the opportunity to quiz Lancashire fast bowler Saqib Mahmood, before enjoying their own Unity of the Roses clash on the cricket field.

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