I had just come out of hospital and wanted to get back to playing sport. I used to play cricket before my illness, and one of my coaches recommended Asma’s Street sessions as a good fun way of transitioning back into cricket. My mum organised for me to attend the session but, when we arrived, I was just sitting in the car too scared to go in. Mum went in to check it out. She came back and told me that Asma the coach was really nice, so I decided to go and join in.

Confidence, definitely. When I walked in for that first session, it was a pivotal moment in my life and helped start turning things around. At the time, I couldn’t really talk to people or look them in the eye, but cricket was familiar to me and I was then able to bond over cricket with the coaches and the other participants. The sessions gave me a fresh start and helped close the chapter of my mental illness.

I want to carry on as I am, making progress and enjoying playing cricket competitively, but still having a good time with friends. I have recently started playing hardball cricket at Moseley CC. It is a new team, and we are working towards playing hardball matches.

I am also enjoying volunteering at Moseley CC All Stars sessions. A few of the girls I play with also volunteer, which is nice. I would like to take some coaching qualifications and go to coach in areas where they don’t play much cricket. My theory is that to make change you need to start at home and then work outwards, so who knows where it would take me. I believe God puts us here for a reason and I want to feel, when I am much older, that I have made an impact.

I will always keep in touch with my group from Chance to Shine Street cricket. We are quite varied in terms of our ability, and we are all on different journeys, but we really bond with each other when we play cricket. Cricket brings us together.

I am just finishing in my first year of A levels, taking Biology, Religious Studies and Psychology. I would like to go to university in Birmingham and become a teacher, probably at primary level and then perhaps move into secondary later.

I watched a lot of cricket when I was younger but, in recent years, I have been focused on playing rather than watching cricket, and I have also been busy studying for my exams. If I do watch cricket, it is more about getting technical tips to improve my game. We will always come together as a family, though, to watch The Ashes.

Definitely, Moeen Ali. He is inspiring to me because he uses his faith in cricket and, for that reason, I identify with him. When I won the Chance to Shine award, I received a video message from Heather Knight to congratulate me, and that meant a lot.

Ever since I was a little girl, my dad has called me his Brian Lara. Whether I am batting or bowling (and I am more of a bowler to be honest!) he will call me his Brian Lara if I do something good.

Yes, I am. I remember the local news people coming to my cricket club at that time and doing some filming when it was announced women’s cricket was going to be in the Commonwealth Games. After that happened, I have been interested in keeping up to date with it and would love to go and see some of the matches at Edgbaston.

When I was much younger, I used to love it when the coach said to me at the end of the session, “Go on, you’re super speedy - you can go and get all the cones”. It was only when I started coaching that I realised they just said this so they didn’t have to pick up all the cones themselves. Now I am saying exactly the same thing to the children in my All Stars sessions!

Keep talking. Talking is really important. Getting support is easier when there is something you are passionate about, and people can talk to you on that subject. I am so grateful for all the support my family, friends, coaches and teachers gave me. My teachers knew how much I love cricket and they would actively come and find me at school to talk to me about it – even teachers who didn’t teach sport but just knew how much I loved cricket.