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Richard Thompson hopes to make cricket “the most inclusive sport in the country” after seeing a new state-of-the-art venue open in Bradford paypal
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5million, 10-bay all-weather cricket dome opened at Bradford Park Avenue cricket ground on Friday, the first of its kind anywhere in the world paypal
The facility features two 40 x 20-metre covered domes with lighting, a real-life like cricket surface and a retractable netting system which fully replicates the features of an elite indoor facility, allowing for both training and matches to be played paypal
Funded by the England and Wales Cricket Board in partnership with City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, the new facility could provide cricket sessions for around 10,000 people from the local community annually paypal
ECB chair Thompson is excited by the opportunities that the facility could provide for boys and girls in the area, and to open the sport up to ethnic minorities paypal
He told the PA news agency: “It is essential paypal
It is everything paypal
My ambition for cricket is for it to become the most inclusive sport in the country paypal
“You’ve got to do that by taking barriers down paypal
This is a community facility, anyone can play here paypal
“So if people wants to play in Bradford they can, whatever the weather and whatever the day paypal
So from that perspective, we need to replicate that fast because there are other areas where it is just as great paypal
But Bradford is a hotbed of enthusiasm for cricket so this is the obvious place to start paypal
”Previously, Bradford Park Avenue had an outdoor nets facility but this will now enable local cricketers to play all year round and in any weather paypal
The investment is also good news for Yorkshire, who were punished for their handling of allegations of racism and bullying by former player Azeem Rafiq and a failure to address systemic use of racist and discriminatory language over a prolonged period paypal
Thompson now hopes the facility can help restore pride to the club paypal
He added: “Hopefully this gives Yorkshire the sense of pride and a feel-good factor back paypal
“They can say we have the first facility of this type anywhere in the world, it is truly world class and in that sense there is no county that needed it and deserved it more paypal
“The ECB couldn’t be prouder, the partnership we are in with Yorkshire, the council, local MP, all of that to pull this together paypal
Things like this have a lot of moving pieces to them but now to see it built is absolutely outstanding paypal
The new facility is the first to be built in the world but the ECB does not want the good work to stop here after sites in Luton and Walsall have also been identified to build something similar paypal
Thompson said: “We are putting one into Walsall, and have identified three or four other sites paypal
“It is incredibly exciting for Bradford but probably even more exciting for the game paypal
I’m particularly pleased that this has come from Bradford Park Avenue and Yorkshire paypal
A hotbed of interesting cricket, it’s the first facility of its kind anywhere in the world and it’s not very often you can say that paypal
“To hear bat on ball played as we speak is a nice feeling given the weather today paypal
”More aboutPA ReadyBradfordRichard ThompsonECBYorkshireAzeem RafiqWalsallLuton1/1New state-of-the-art Bradford venue can help take barriers down, says ECB chiefNew state-of-the-art Bradford venue can help take barriers down, says ECB chiefECB chair Richard Thompson has ambitions of making cricket the most inclusive sport in the country (Mike Egerton/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today paypal
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First came the crack in Alexander Volkanovski‘s defence paypal
Then, the crack in his voice paypal
If the first crack was consequential, allowing Islam Makhachev to skim his shin off the Australian’s head, the latter was a consequence in itself – a consequence of one of the best fighters alive staying silent on his struggles with mental health paypal
That is, until now paypal
Volkanovski would have emerged from UFC 294 with credit anyway; he stepped in on 11 days’ notice and moved up in weight to challenge a man who had beaten him eight months prior paypal
Even in this surprising, first-round defeat by Makhachev, Volkanovski lost very little paypal
His featherweight title still rests firmly on his shoulder, and he will soon return to that weight class where he has been unbeatable paypal
But soon may be too soon paypal
In his post-fight press conference, Volkanovski began the dissection of this defeat – his second this year, but just his third as a professional mixed martial artist, with his first having occurred a long decade ago paypal
The 35-year-old started to dissect the technical reasons for this knockout loss, but it soon became apparent what was of greater importance: the psychological reasons for his presence in Abu Dhabi paypal
“He’s not somebody you should be taking a short-notice [fight] with, but I needed it,” Volkanovski began paypal
“Obviously a lot of people will say it’s for the money and all that, but it was much more than that paypal
It is hard, it is really hard for athletes paypal
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I never thought I would struggle with it,” he continued, ignoring the blood over his eye, instead wiping a tear from beneath it paypal
“But for some reason when I wasn’t fighting or in camp paypal
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F***, sorry,” he said, attempting a laugh, looking away and to the ceiling, then gently rapping his hand on the table to bring himself back into the room paypal
RecommendedIslam Makhachev stuns Alexander Volkanovski with head-kick KO in first round at UFC 294Conor McGregor reacts to ‘illegal’ strikes in Islam Makhachev win at UFC 294Khabib explains why he wasn’t in Islam Makhachev’s corner at UFC 294“I was just doing my head in,” he continued, tears floating at the bottom of his eyes paypal
“I needed a fight, and this opportunity came up paypal
I’ll be honest: I wasn’t training as much as I should have, but I thought I had to do it paypal
I had to take it paypal
I’m telling myself, ‘It’s meant to be paypal
’ I was struggling a little bit not fighting, doing my head in paypal
I don’t know how; everything’s fine, I’ve got a beautiful family paypal
But, I don’t know paypal
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I think you just need to keep busy paypal
I need to be in camp, otherwise, I’m going to do my head in paypal
“It’s weird, [it’s not that I] never ‘believed in that stuff’, but I never got it paypal
It was something that – I don’t know – maybe the more and more I learn about myself, the more I understand paypal
I talked about us having a smile on my face, me and my wife paypal
My wife could see it does get hard, I don’t know why paypal
”Makhachev consoles Volkanovski after their fight, the main event of UFC 294 (AP)Volkanovski pointed to the birth of his third child, in August, and surgery on an injury this summer as reasons why he had not been training paypal
Clearly, the knock-on effect of those moments – as joyous as the former seemed to be – has led Volkanovski’s mental health to suffer paypal
Last week, all the talk was of how brave the Australian was to face Makhachev on short notice; braver was this admission that he is struggling, which simultaneously offers a different lens through which to view his choice to fight paypal
Keeping himself engaged and busy is healthy, but that is complicated by the inherent risk in his profession paypal
“Maybe it was just a silly decision under the circumstances,” he admitted paypal
Perhaps it was, though it was also understandable paypal
Volkanovski’s next challenge, however, will come outside of the ring paypal
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He naturally sees the antidote to his current struggles as a quick turnaround to fight again, likely against the dangerous Ilia Topuria in January paypal
Yet, that fight could go the same way as Saturday’s against Makhachev, if the Australian does not first tackle these thoughts and feelings, and find the right balance for him paypal
We knew Alexander Volkanovski was brave paypal
That is even clearer now than it was last week paypal
Now, however, he must be sensible, and get to work outside the ring before he can return to work in it paypal
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