by Kamal Kaan and Mary CooperEpisode 1 - Naila's Story

Naila is a bright teenager in Bradford. Her parents want her to go to university to study medicine, and they don't want any distractions. But Naila loves cricket, and gets involved in the nascent school female cricket team. Three of the girls become firm friends and call themselves 'Bat Girls'. The team shows real promise and starts to do very well. But will this get in the way of Naila's parents' ambitions for her?

NAILA..............................................Yazmin KayaniKARISHMA................................... Amy Leigh HickmanROSHINA .......................................Saba AminiMARIYA...........................................Natalie DaviesQADIR/ TAHIR...............................Ash TandonMRS HEMINGWAY/ MUM........ Purvi ParmarMR CHATTERJEE...........................Sushil Chudasama

Production Co-ordinator - Lorna NewmanStudio Manager - Amy BrennanScript Advisers - Sara De Jong and Zainab GorejaSound Design - Sharon HughesDirector/Producer - Gary Brown

A BBC Studios Audio Production

Special thanks to Duckinfield Cricket Club, Shivanie Patel (Bradford Park Avenue Ladies' Cricket Club), Katie Stewart (Yorkshire Cricket Board) and Mariam Ali - (Refugee Action, Bradford)

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