Our story
It started because
nobody else was doing it.
Girls' cricket in Kenya deserves more room to grow. We're trying to create that space.
Women's cricket in Kenya isn't growing the way we'd like it to. When Tiara, a former captain of the Kenyan national team, started this academy, it came from a frustration she knew well: the lack of opportunities for girls to play and develop. The girls who make it to the national team have largely grown up playing alongside boys and men. We wanted younger girls to have a different experience — a place where they could learn the game alongside other girls, push each other to improve, and see what was possible for themselves.
But the academy has become about more than cricket. Our girls come from different backgrounds, each with their own challenges outside the game. Here, they have a team to belong to, a place where they can feel safe, build confidence, and grow as individuals as much as players.
Nobody here is paid. Our coaches are parents, former players, teachers and older girls who once stood where our youngest players stand today. We make do with donated kit, borrowed resources and a lot of goodwill. It's not always easy, but the girls keep showing up, and so do we.
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[Year]
The first session
[Eleven girls, one pitch, borrowed kit. What happened.]
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[Year]
Our first match
[Who you played, what the score was, why it mattered anyway.]
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[Year]
A second training group
[When you outgrew one group and had to split.]
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Today
Still entirely volunteer-run
20 girls have now trained with us, and every single session is still run by people doing it for nothing.
