The winners of the 2025 Toyota Good For Cricket Awards have been announced.
Their stories are below.
For over 70 years, Roger has supported English cricket in every possible way - scoring, playing, organising cricket tours, making cricket teas, and even volunteering as a Lord's steward at the World Cup.
In four decades with Locks Bottom CC, he captained, was secretary for 28 years, and scored over 19,000 runs for the team.
At 80, he continues to support through umpiring with Chevening Amblers, who have nominated him to be club president.
Adam took over the Lancashire club's website in 2002. It now boasts over 5,000 posts, regular weekly readership of 20,000 hits, and fully integrated e-commerce and ticketing for matches and events.
The Lowerhouse digital revolution hasn't just been about online numbers - it's transformed the matchday experience.
Crowds at their Liverpool Road ground regularly top 500 for league games with over 1,000 for big T20 games and Cup finals, the club's Bonfire Night has drawn as many as 5,000 attendees. "The History Books," an online museum, is curated by Adam with some help from a team of volunteers and now hosts over 560 artifacts from the club's past.
Lisa's quiet determination and passion for the game has seen the development of a thriving women's and girls' section at Ammanford CC, in South Wales. Her innovative ideas have ensure that cricket is accessible for all in a community with high levels of deprivation.
She founded Ammanford's women's team in August 2023 with eight players. Now, more than 25 train and play regularly. She also coaches, umpires and scores for the girls' U12 team.
Funds raised from her annual quiz night ensure that the women do not have to contribute to the costs of winter training or entering the indoor league. No training or match fees are levied as a result of fundraising efforts.
Ben organises the Forward Drive free scheme for ages 4-11, previously run by his father Paul, which runs from January to September inside and out.
Ben invests his time in the future of the Sussex club with humour, intensity and kindness. It's his mission to provide access to this wonderful game for all the young people involved.
In recent years, Daniel has helped to run the Derbyshire club's All Stars programme. Without his help the programme would not have run, resulting in local youngsters not having the opportunity to learn cricketing skills. His patience and communication skills with the youngsters age 5 to 9 is to be admired.
Being only 15. the children can converse with him easily and vice versa. Beyond his cricketing sills, Daniel possesses exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, which allows him to effectively collaborate with diverse individuals and build strong relationships.
Colin has committed over 52 years to Stockport as player, coach, chairman and groundsman – at one point even taking on debt to keep the club going.
He is Stockport's "go-to guy", ensuring everything is match-ready and keeping the club and pitch in top condition.
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