June 15, 2022 • 42 mins
In this episode of the Commonwealth Stories podcast, we’ll be speaking to the inspirational women who have paved the way in making sport accessible to all.You’ll hear from Bangladeshi cycling coordinator Meena Bibi. We’ll also be speaking with cricket coach and umpire Salma-Bi, who was the first British Muslim woman to play county cricket and was also one of the sports first ever South Asian female umpires. Commonwealth Stories is a Laudable production by Birmingham Live.This episode was written and hosted by Anisah Vasta.Produced, edited and narrated by Matt Millard.Title music by KIOKO.Read more about the 2022 Commonwealth Games and sign up to our free newsletter here - www.birminghammail.co.uk/all-about/commonwealth-games
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