Dattani says South Asian representation still lagging

By Evie Ashton

LESS THAN 2% of domestic female cricketers competing in this year’s Hundred are South Asian, despite British South Asian people making up 30% of recreational cricketers in England and Wales.
It is a fact Southern Brave all-rounder Naomi Dattani needs no reminding of, as the 30-year-old faces the stark reality of such a statistic every day she turns up to work.
“I’ve always been someone who’s had to work really hard and I might have had to work harder than my counterparts to show I was good enough,” she reflects.
“The numbers ...

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