Nominees for the Asian Cricket Awards 2014

Here is the full list of nominations for the Asian Cricket Awards 2014:

Grassroots 
Gopi Raj (England Tamil Cricket League)
Omar Chaudhery (Sandwell Cricket League)
Saba Nasim (Essex Cricket Board; StreetChance)

Amateur Player of the Year 
Bilal Mohammed (Uxbridge CC)
Simran Panesar (Warwickshire U19s)
Kyme Tahirkheli (Yorkshire U15s)

Professional Young Player of the Year 
Ravi Patel (Middlesex, England Lions)
Kishen Velani (Essex)

Woman in Cricket
Sidra Khan (Lancashire)
Salma Bi (Worcestershire)
Bhumika Doshi (Lancashire)

Coach of the Year 
Qasim Ali (Lancashire South Asian Talent Search, England Physical Disability Squad)
The late Numan Shabbir Syed (B.M.E. Development Centres Director)

Media
Isa Guha (IPL TV Presenter, Former England Bowler)
Mihir Bose (Author, London Evening Standard, BBC)
Nikesh Rughani (BBC Five Live, Sky Sports, BBC Asian Network)

Behind the Scenes
Yasin Patel (Groundsman Batley CC)
Amjad Aziz (Vice-Chairman Birmingham Cricket League – Parks League)
Sajid Patel (founder, National Cricket League)

Asian Cricket Club of the Year 
London Tigers (Inner-City London)
Attock CC (Birmingham)
Manningham Cricket Club (Bradford)

Inspiration
Naz Khan (chairman, Attock CC)
Soyfur Rahman (Founder, StreetChance)
The late Farid Karolia (Founder Mount CC, former Chairman Batley CC)

The Founders – Lifetime Achievement Award
This award will go to a person from the British Asian community who has made an outstanding contribution to the sport of cricket.

Professional Player of the Year 
Moeen Ali (Worcestershire and England)
Varun Chopra (Warwickshire)
Ravinder Bopara (Essex and England)
Adil Rashid (Yorkshire and England)

The 2014 Asian Cricket Awards will be held at Lord’s Cricket ground on October 7th, for what we hope is just the beginning of further appreciation of British Asians in sport! Good luck to all the nominees!