{"id":2564,"date":"2024-01-24T12:47:15","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T12:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/the-foundation\/?page_id=2564"},"modified":"2026-03-31T10:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:59:03","slug":"cricket-cities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/cricket-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t
\n\t\t
\n \t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/picture> \t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t

Through our Cricket Cities programme, we create opportunities for diverse urban communities to connect, grow, and strengthen community cohesion.<\/h3>\n

Each week, our community team delivers multiple Cricket Cities initiatives across Warwickshire and Birmingham. Below, you can explore some of the programmes we run.<\/p>\n

To find out more about Cricket Cities, please contact Jess Ward<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

\n\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
\n
\n \"Icon\"\n

Cultural Connection<\/h3>\n

Many communities, especially migrant and multicultural groups, bring their own cricketing traditions, styles of play, and celebrations, enriching the local game.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n
\n \"Icon\"\n

Community Building<\/h3>\n

Matches and training sessions create opportunities for friendships, mentoring, and social support beyond the pitch.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n
\n \"Icon\"\n

Pathways & Opportunities<\/h3>\n

It opens doors for young players, including girls and underrepresented groups, to see role models and pathways into higher levels of the game.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

\n
\n \"Icon\"\n

A Sense of Belonging<\/h3>\n

Cricket becomes a language of unity, where differences are celebrated and everyone has a role, from player to volunteer to supporter.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

\n\t
\n\t\t
\n
\n\t \n\t

\n Skills Blast <\/h2>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every year, we host Skills Blast for children from local communities across Warwickshire and Birmingham.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n

\n\t \n\t

\n Glow in the Dark <\/h2>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Each year, we run Glow in the Dark cricket programmes, with after school sessions culminating in a cricket festival.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n

\n\t \n\t

\n Vaisakhi Cricket Cup <\/h2>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Every April, we host the Vaisakhi Cricket Cup at Edgbaston Indoor Centre, bringing families and communities together to celebrate and play cricket.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n

\n\t \n\t

\n Colour Cricket <\/h2>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Discover Colour Cricket, our vibrant new way to play the game.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":71867,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":82,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2564","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCricket Cities - Edgbaston Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/cricket-cities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cricket Cities - Edgbaston Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/cricket-cities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Edgbaston Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-31T09:59:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/foundation\\\/cricket-cities\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/foundation\\\/cricket-cities\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cricket Cities - Edgbaston Foundation\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/foundation\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-24T12:47:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-31T09:59:03+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/foundation\\\/cricket-cities\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/foundation\\\/cricket-cities\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/foundation\\\/cricket-cities\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/foundation\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cricket Cities\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/foundation\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/foundation\\\/\",\"name\":\"Edgbaston Foundation\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/edgbaston.com\\\/foundation\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cricket Cities - Edgbaston Foundation","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/cricket-cities\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cricket Cities - Edgbaston Foundation","og_url":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/cricket-cities\/","og_site_name":"Edgbaston Foundation","article_modified_time":"2026-03-31T09:59:03+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Estimated reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/cricket-cities\/","url":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/cricket-cities\/","name":"Cricket Cities - Edgbaston Foundation","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-01-24T12:47:15+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-31T09:59:03+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/cricket-cities\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/cricket-cities\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/cricket-cities\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cricket Cities"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/#website","url":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/","name":"Edgbaston Foundation","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71867"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2564"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10207,"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2564\/revisions\/10207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edgbaston.com\/foundation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}