Naomi Dattani on creating a path for female cricketers

G’day legends. Welcome back or welcome to the Cricket Mentoring podcast.

Unless you’re a keen follower of women’s cricket in England, you probably wouldn’t heard of today’s guest - yet! 

Naomi Dattani is an all-rounder and the captain of the Middlesex women’s team and has recently spent time in Perth playing club cricket and developing her game in Australian conditions.

I first came across Naomi in November last year when she reached out for some mentoring and really enjoyed helping her develop her game and mindset during her three months in Perth.

While she’s not a household name YET, I have no doubt that she will be in the future, she has a very inspiring story that I wanted to share with our community. 

As one of only a couple female Asian cricketers who played in the women’s Kia Super League, Naomi is creating a pathway and inspiring a HUGE number of female cricketers in London and around the UK. 

During the recently completed and hugely successful womens’ T20 world-cup , the ICC stated that they want to have 1 million new females playing cricket around the world in the next year.

The Asian community in the UK is an untapped market for female cricket and hopefully sharing Naomi's story will inspire some young girls not just in the UK but around the world to either give cricket a go or to really pursue their dream of playing cricket at the highest level just like Naomi has done.

This was a great conversation with a lovely person so I hope you enjoy it!