Bat Girls [Drama]

by Kamal Kaan and Mary Cooper

Episode 3 Roshina's Story

Roshina was in the Bat Girls team that won the Yorkshire Schools' final and got to the national final. But now she faces a different battle. Her father was an interpreter for the British Army in Afghanistan, and if the family stayed there they would be in danger. They are now in the UK but their asylum claim is pending. Will they be allowed to remain so that can Roshina can achieve her dream of going to university and also of becoming a cricket umpire?

ROSHINA ........................................Saba Amini

KARISHMA.................................... Amy Leigh Hickman

NAILA/ DAMSA.......................... Yazmin Kayani

HAMID/ SALIM........................... Peter Singh

MATT/ LOGAN/ SILKSTONE..... Liam Fox

SHIVANIE.........................................Shivanie Patel

Production Co-ordinator - Lorna Newman

Studio Manager - Amy Brennan

Script Advisers - Sara De Jong and Zainab Goreja

Sound Design - Sharon Hughes

Director/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)

Final episode of three linked dramas about young female, South Asian Cricketers

Inspired by a true story. Roshina is an Afghan refugee who loves cricket and fair play. But will she get it as her family fights to stay in the UK?