 Lewisham is a relatively low-income London borough with a significant Afro-Caribbean population and the initiative was partly influences by a decline in participation in cricket in the Afro-Caribbean population.In 2018 it was revealed that Bell-Drummond was one of only eight black or mixed-race cricketers playing in the County Championship, with only three, including Bell-Drummond, aged 25 or under.As of July 2019, Bell-Drummond has scored ten first-class centuries, including one double-century.