SALMA IN THE BIRMINGHAM MAIL

http://www.birminghammail.net/news/birmingham-news/2012/01/24/bordesley-green-sports-girl-salma-bi-stages-marathon-fund-raising-effort-97319-30184937/

Salma's Futsal event on March 10 and her T10 cricket tournament on April 28 were plugged in the Birmingham Mail this week.

The Asian Today is also planning another feature. We'll keep the media push going and going - we believe in the cause so much.

FEMALES PUT BEST FUTSAL FORWARD AT FUTSAL BIRMINGHAM

Believe In M.A.D Cricket Coaching

PLAYER PROFILE - SALMA BI

FULL NAME:Salma Bi

DATE OF BIRTH: 12/02/86

PLACE OF BIRTH: Pakistan

OCCUPATION: Haemodialyisis Nurse/Cricketer/Coach/Umpire

CLUB (S):Fiveways Old Edwardians CC, Wall CC, Worcestershire County CC, Marylebone CC, Fiveways Zombies, Fiveways 3rds and 2nds men's teams.

REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET PLAYED: Worcestershire County Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club.

STYLE OF BATTING (left or right handed): Right-Hand

STYLE OF BOWLING: Unorthodox Chinaman

BEST BATTING SCORE: 47 run-out last over of game but worth it for a draw.

BEST BOWLING FIGURES:5/13 ( 4 Overs) 

BEST SEASON: 2011 - taking over 50 wkts

100S: Loading 2%

50S: Season 2012?

FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS: 3 five-wicket Hauls (against Bloxwich, Meir-Heath and Walmley)

MOST MEMORABLE GAME: Fiveways  71 All out in 31.3 Overs (Sunday League 40 over Game) We fought back got Walmley 70 All-out in 19.5 Overs. Bagged 5 wickets in 7.5 overs taking last wicket when they had 2 runs to win!

HARDEST OPPONENT FACED: Tour to Holland - definitely a good promising side.

FAVOURITE CRICKET TEAM (INTERNATIONAL): Pakistan/England & Australia - Me; England - Women

FAVOURITE CRICKET TEAM (COUNTY): Sussex

BEST GROUND PLAYED AT: Nursery Ground - Lord's Cricket Club, took two wickets in 3 overs debut game MCC

BEST CRICKETING ACHIEVEMENT (PERSONAL) Making history by representing Worcestershire County Cricket Club as the First Asian/Muslim Female in history.

BEST CRICKETING ACHIEVEMENT (TEAM): To represent Marylebone Cricket Club as a member and to have the privilege to play alongside England International players.

FAVOURITE CRICKETER (FEMALE): Charlotte Edwards - England captain. Made a visit at my training and chose to use my bat :) Encouraged my bowling.

FAVOURITE CRICKETER (MALE): Shahid Afridi and Shane Warne - great personalities

BEST BATTING PERFORMANCE SEEN: Coraline Atkins - played alongside her in MCC game.

BEST BOWLING PERFORMANCE SEEN: Salma Bi - I love my bowling on a good track I can bowl 5 variations

AMBITIONS FOR ZOMBIES: Win Our first Indoor Cricket league

CRICKETING AMBITIONS FOR 2012: Take more wickets at Lord's CC and not get out caught!

FAVOURITE BAND/SINGER: Stacie Orrico - There's Gotta Be More to Life

FAVOURITE SONG: BSB - Incomplete

FAVOURITE TV PROGRAMME: Absolutely Fabulous & You've Been Framed

FAVOURITE FILM: Castaway

FAVOURITE FOOD: Bombay Badboy Pot Noodles :p

FAVOURITE DRINK: Powerade

BEST COUNTRY VISITED: Wales!!!!

BIGGEST HERO (SPORTING OR OTHERWISE): Paula Radcliffe, Lowri Morgan, Amir Khan and Myself 

PLAYER PROFILE - ANISHA BI

FULL NAME: Anisha Bi

DATE OF BIRTH: 08/05/96

PLACE OF BIRTH: England

OCCUPATION:student

CLUB (S): Warwickshire cricket county, Fiveways Old Edwardians, Lady Taverners, Wall cricket club

REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET PLAYED: Warwickshire under 17s county cricket

STYLE OF BATTING (left or right handed): right hand batsman

STYLE OF BOWLING: right arm fast

BEST BATTING SCORE: 26

BEST BOWLING FIGURES:3/7

100S:not yet

50S:not yet

FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS: not yet

MOST MEMORABLE GAME: Cup final (Ended up in a stretcher after colliding with another member in the team:) 

HARDEST OPPONENT FACED: Quatt

FAVOURITE CRICKET TEAM (INTERNATIONAL): England

FAVOURITE CRICKET TEAM (COUNTY): Warwickshire

BEST GROUND PLAYED AT: Fiveways

BEST CRICKETING ACHIEVEMENT (PERSONAL): Most Improved Player in 2011

BEST CRICKETING ACHIEVEMENT (TEAM): England

FAVOURITE CRICKETER (FEMALE): Charlotte Edwards

FAVOURITE CRICKETER (MALE): Inzamam-ul-Haq

BEST BATTING PERFORMANCE SEEN: Mina Zahoor

BEST BOWLING PERFORMANCE SEEN: Salma Bi

AMBITIONS FOR ZOMBIES: win the indoor league

CRICKETING AMBITIONS FOR 2012: Rip more wickets

FAVOURITE BAND/SINGER: Backstreet Boys/ Nicole Scherzinger 

FAVOURITE SONG: Dappy featuring Brian May - Rockstar

FAVOURITE TV PROGRAMME: Big Brother

FAVOURITE FILM: Bend It Like Beckham

FAVOURITE FOOD:Chicken burger meal

FAVOURITE DRINK: Fanta twist

BEST COUNTRY VISITED:  Scotland

BIGGEST HERO (SPORTING OR OTHERWISE):Kelly Holmes

PLAYER PROFILE - RANEISHA AMBERSLEY

FULL NAME: Raneisha Ambersley

DATE OF BIRTH: 12.05.1993

PLACE OF BIRTH: Birmingham

OCCUPATION: College & Chef

CLUB (S): Five Ways Old Edwardians

STYLE OF BATTING (left or right handed): Right

STYLE OF BOWLING: Right fast medium

BEST BATTING SCORE: 96

BEST BOWLING FIGURES: 5 for 15

100S: 0

50S:6

MOST MEMORABLE GAME: When i got my first 50

HARDEST OPPONENT FACED: They all been easy :)

FAVOURITE CRICKET TEAM (INTERNATIONAL): England /West Indies

FAVOURITE CRICKET TEAM (COUNTY): Somerset

BEST GROUND PLAYED AT: Somerset county cricket ground Taunton.

BEST CRICKETING ACHIEVEMENT (PERSONAL): When I got my 96.

BEST CRICKETING ACHIEVEMENT (TEAM): Winning the cup 2 years in a row

FAVOURITE CRICKETER (FEMALE): Charlotte Edwards

FAVOURITE CRICKETER (MALE): Andrew Flintoff/Adam Gilchrist

BEST BATTING PERFORMANCE SEEN: Mina Zahoor

BEST BOWLING PERFORMANCE SEEN: Becky Burgess

AMBITIONS FOR ZOMBIES: to win the league

CRICKETING AMBITIONS FOR 2012:My first century

FAVOURITE BAND/SINGER: Salma Bi

FAVOURITE SONG: Strip :)

FAVOURITE TV PROGRAMME: Cricket!

FAVOURITE FILM: White Chicks

FAVOURITE FOOD: Chicken, rice

FAVOURITE DRINK: Supermalt

BEST COUNTRY VISITED: Spain

BIGGEST HERO (SPORTING OR OTHERWISE): Daddy :)

 

FIVEWAYS ZOMBIES PROFILE - CHERIE DABBS

FULL NAME: Cherie Dabbs

DATE OF BIRTH: 27/04/1991

PLACE OF BIRTH: Birmingham, England

OCCUPATION: Has worked within retail for the past three years but has higher ambitions.

CLUB (S): Five Ways Old Edwardians Womens 1st team captain.

REPRESENTATIVE CRICKET PLAYED: Had played for Warwickshire County Cricket Club.

STYLE OF BATTING (left or right handed): Right Handed.

STYLE OF BOWLING: Slow Medium Swing.

BEST BATTING SCORE: 53

BEST BOWLING FIGURES: 4-5 off four overs.

100S: None yet ;)

50S: 1 to date.

FIVE WICKETS IN AN INNINGS: No

MOST MEMORABLE GAME: Season 2010 captaining the side in a semi-final. Lost a few early wickets, then myself and Raneisha made a stand and a partnership if over 100. Myself scoring 53 and Raneisha scoring 96, we then went on to win the game and win the final.

HARDEST OPPONENT FACED: Walmley 1st Team

FAVOURITE CRICKET TEAM (INTERNATIONAL): England's current team.

FAVOURITE CRICKET TEAM (COUNTY): Essex

BEST GROUND PLAYED AT: Home soil.

BEST CRICKETING ACHIEVEMENT (PERSONAL): Captaining the women's 1sts and going onto win finals and leagues.

BEST CRICKETING ACHIEVEMENT (TEAM): Beating Moseley in shield final when we were all out for 78 and bowled them out for 52.

FAVOURITE CRICKETER (FEMALE): Charlotte Edwards

FAVOURITE CRICKETER (MALE): Paul Collingwood

BEST BATTING PERFORMANCE SEEN: Alastair Cook's double century against India.

BEST BOWLING PERFORMANCE SEEN: Australia's Glenn McGrath against England in the Ashes.

AMBITIONS FOR ZOMBIES: As being captain for FWOE 1st Team for the past 4 years I want to continue my role and achieve many more league and cup titles.

CRICKETING AMBITIONS FOR 2012: Highest possible finish in the league and winning the 20/Twenty league again.

FAVOURITE BAND/SINGER: Rihanna, Nicki Minaj

FAVOURITE SONG: Too many to mention but at the moment David Guetta Titanium.

FAVOURITE TV PROGRAMME: Hollyoaks, Desperate Housewives

FAVOURITE FILM: Shawshank Redemption, Forgetting Sarah Marshall

FAVOURITE FOOD: Chicken Nuggets and Chips,

FAVOURITE DRINK: Tropical Juice or Lucozade.

BEST COUNTRY VISITED: I absolutely love Crete.

BIGGEST HERO (SPORTING OR OTHERWISE): Mom and Dad for making me do sports when I was younger. Sporting - David Beckham.

BELIEVE IN M.A.D (Making A Difference) Hits The Headlines

Here are links to two major articles in the Manchester Evening News and The Asian Today highlighting the work of Believe in M.A.D (Making A Difference)

http://menmedia.co.uk/asiannews/sport/s/1470427_cricket-mad-salma-aiming-to-make-a-difference

http://www.theasiantoday.com/article.aspx?articleId=2783

ZOMBIES START WITH DOUBLE VICTORY

FIVEWAYS Zombies won their opening two matches yesterday in the Warwickshire Indoor Cricket League.
Games are played six-a-side and teams start with 200 runs, losing five points each time a batsman is out.
Two pairs face four overs and nets hit = 1 run plus any ran.
In the first game Zombies played Walmley who batted first and scored 260. Zombies were victorious after scoring 272.
In the second match Zombies scored a mighty 375 against Exhall and Wixford who could only manage 250 in reply.
Zombies Player of the Day was Nicky Preston.

FIVEWAYS ZOMBIES CRICKET TEAM

FIVEWAYS ZOMBIES are a ladies cricket team which competes in the Warwickshire Indoor Cricket League.
Their team photo is above you will soon get to know them better when they complete their player profiles.
The squad lines up....
Salma - Queen Ov Speen
Cherie - Captain Sonic
Mina - Trigger
Raneisha - Sticky Wicky
Nicky - NickyShott
Maya - PackLunch/Youngster
Anisha - Ace Ov Pace/Youngster

WHO IS SALMA?

WHO IS SALMA BI?....

Born: February 12, 1986

CRICKETING ROLES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Change4Life British Asian Sports Awards Outstanding Achievement Award winner 2009

First Asian woman to be selected for Worcester CC's women's senior squad

Lady Taverner's member - Disability Cricket

Junior Sports Leadership Award

England Cricket Board-Warwickshire Cricket Board Level 2+ Cricket Coach

Five Ways Old Edwardians Cricket Club Senior Captain and Under-15 girls club coach

Wall Cricket Club men's first team player (only girl)

Marylebone Cricket Club representative player (Lord's)

Local leagues Level 2 cricket coach

Worcestershire Cricket Board Level 1 umpire

WHAT IS BELIEVE IN M.A.D (Making A Difference)?

BELIEVE IN M.A.D is a new coaching organisation launched by Birmingham cricketer Salma Bi.
It will be run by Salma and other paid coaches to raise awareness of girls/women’s cricket and disability cricket.
Salma's plans are twofold...
She will stage an indoor National T10 Tournament for girls aged 14+ in Birmingham on April 28, 2012, which will be open to players from all over the UK.
It will be played in a World Cup format with each team representing a country. It is hoped 12 teams will take part in two groups of six, playing each other on a round-robin basis before the competition whittles down to the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final.
For any more information on the tournament, or with offers of sponsorship, please write to edinews96@aol.com
In the long-term Salma and her co-founder Khalid Siddique have plans to open an indoor cricket centre with nets, T10 league games and coaching facilities in the Birmingham area. 
Salma says: "We want to break the barriers of Asian girls limited to playing cricket outside of educational hours and give them the access to achieve goals and Make A Difference in a safe and suitable place provided."

This blog will feature regular updates on M.A.D (Making A Difference) progress as well as cover Salma's other cricketing adventures of which there will be many in the months ahead.