Today´s Junior cricket interview is from Samaia, one of our gifted girl cricketers from Barcelona.
Thanks to Nadim in Barcelona and Rico for asking and formulating the questions respectively.
Cricket Interview
(SAMAIA)
CE : What’s your name?
Samaia : My name is Samaia Basharat.
CE : How old are you?
Samaia : I’m 16 years old.
CE : At what age you start playing cricket, and where?
Samaia : When I was 8 or younger, I started playing cricket in Pakistan.
CE : What is your first memory of cricket?
Samaia : With my cousin, who knows how to play cricket very well, and my cousins and I couldn’t get him out.
CE : Under normal circumstances, where and when do you practice playing cricket?
Samaia : We practice in Montjuic in Barcelona, every Saturday at 2:00 p.m
CE : Do you see yourself as a batter or bowler?
Samaia : Before starting to play cricket 11, I only liked batting, but with time I liked to do bowling too and now I am all rounder.
CE :What, where and when do you think was your best performance to date?
Samaia : Well I have always played well, playing as my team can win, but I remember in the final practice class we have played a game to watch how we play with the hard ball, and I have played very well and after playing this game I am very excited that I can play well and I have to practice more to achieve and learn about cricket more.
CE : Why do you like to play cricket?
Samaia : Well, I really like doing sports, and cricket is the one I like very much because cricket was the first sport I started to play.
CE : What is the best thing about cricket in Spain?
Samaia : The best thing I like is people encourage you very much what you do.
CE : What if anything is the most disappointing thing about cricket in Spain?
Samaia : Bad thing is that people from Pakistan do not leave their daughters to play cricket, and they thinking very negative about other people.
CE : What’s your most memorable cricket experience in Spain?
Samaia . When I played Cricket first time ever in Barcelona. I never thought that I was going to play cricket in Spain.
CE : As a player, where would you like to see yourself in 15 years time?
Samaia : I don’t know, because I don’t see playing cricket in the future. Because I want to play like a professional and now I am in a country in a city, where we don’t even have a ground. So don’t know.
CE : Who is your favourite player and why?
Samaia : My favourite player are Virat Kohli, Babar Azam and Sana Mir. Babar and Virat because they are very good at cricket and I like they style how they play. And about Sana Mir because I like her bowling style.
CE : If you could have dinner tonight with any famous person in the world, who would it be and why?
Samaia : I would like to have dinner with Virat kohli and want to know about him and get tips about cricket. and also a famous singer because I love singing.
CE : What effect has Covid19 had on your young lives, for better or worse?
Samaia : About others I don’t know, but about me I think It was better and also worse. Better because I spend more time with my family know more about my religion and learn more things, and worse because I lost some people in Pakistan during lockdown and I could not go in Pakistan.
CE : Now that some of lockdown rules have been relaxed, what have you been able to enjoy that you couldn’t before?
Samaia : So now I can go out with friends but with mask.
CE : If you had a message to all people your age during these difficult times, what would it be?
Samaia : I want to say a message to all, please stay safe and don’t spread negativity around your sides and do what you want but without destroy or harming anyone.
