Inner-city cricket: meet the devotees nurturing the game’s grassroots

Amateur cricket faces an uncertain future but amid the disquiet there are reasons to remain optimistic“Will this actually do anything?” It is a sincere question posed by a senior member of the Lutonians Cricket Club but one that contains so much exasperation it may as well be rhetorical. Theirs is a story trying to avoid a bitter ending.Originally a cricket club associated with Vauxhall Motors, the closing of the factory 20 years ago meant that if members wanted to keep playing, they