Mali is upset that Alex, the star player on his football team, hasn't been showing up for practice. Zainab and Kobi decide to make sure Alex is okay, and they discover that Alex is having to look after her mum who's just been released from hospital. It looks like there isn't much room for fun or football in Alex's life until Mali and Sam come up with a plan and a rota to help Alex and her family out.

Mali's dad, Nadeem, has brought Grandma Zainab tickets to watch the cricket - live! When Mali tells his gran that he doesn't want to go and watch the match because 'cricket's boring', he doesn't realise how much he's upset her. Mali is determined to go to Alex's football party instead. It's not until Mali really listens to his friends and some of the adults that he works out what might be the right thing to do to show his gran how much he cares about her.