THIS year's T10 Cricket World Cup raised a fantastic amount of money to help renovate a school overseas.
Salma's husband, Sohail Mughal, is head-teacher for the Read Foundation School in Pakistan.
The couple organised the cricket event in Birmingham last month to raise much needed funds for the project.
A fabulous £8,000 was gathered in donations with an extra £650 in teachers' bonuses, and Salma had the pleasure of flying over to visit the school straight after the men's and women's cricket tournament.
Salma enjoyed observing teachers conducting lessons to six classes with over 25 children per classroom. Led by principal Sohail, Salma realised how much work is required in this school.
There are cramped rooms, only benches to sit on and minimum teaching equipment available.
Salma said: "The children have great potential - they aspire to become doctors, lawyers and even pilots! We need to help them realise their dreams by creating the right learning environment.
"We can't wait to get the renovation project started and hope to see a better future for these children. "We found four labour children who were taken in. Some as young as six years old were found working in hotels and washing dishes.
"Lives have been changed but more is yet to be done. Once certain children reach a certain age they stop going to school which we need to prevent and this can only be achieved if we can keep this local school and provide better facilities.
"Once all is finalised the school will take up to five months to be rebuilt and both Sohail and I will continue to create more and more funding so each year the school meets its targets and most importantly continue to provide vital education for the children.
"We've loved the feedback from the cricket tournament and will always aim to go one better.
"Bring on next year and bring on bigger and better records still yet to set!"
Thank you so much to everyone who has supported us.
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