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View from the Boundary – Rishi Sunak

Test Match Special

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The Importance of Cricket in State Schools

Cricket in state schools is clearly an issue, and I remember John Major actually giving a speech a few years ago now. How do we get cricket played in state schools, when the grounds have now got lots of flats on them? We as a government have put more money into school sports, and there's 600 million over the next couple of years. The government typically doesn't dictate what sports schools should play. But look, I want to see cricket be inclusive and open to everybody, and we clearly need to keep doing more.

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