DISABILITY CRICKET
THIS WEEK…
FRED BRIDGES
England Physical Disability, Broadbridge Heath CC

What’s your story?
I have right-sided hemiplegia, which is a kind of cerebral palsy. It means that my right arm and my right leg are not that mobile, so I have to adapt the way that I play cricket to that.
I’m left-arm dominant and I have to make a lot of adjustments when I bat. I can drive but I just have to have special controls in my car and it’s something I’ve had since birth – I was born two months early and had a stroke at birth.
How did you get into cri...