Can Cricket Recolonize America?
International cricketer, Oracle software engineer, and American hero Saurabh Netravalkar falls to his knees after the USA clinched victory against Pakistan in Texas on Wednesday. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)
Benjamin Franklin and Abraham Lincoln were fans. As an Englishman in the U.S., I’m rooting for a revival.
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Tomorrow, New York’s Long Island suburbs will host a game expected to be viewed by twice as many people as the Super Bowl. Most Americans, however, don’t know the rules of the sport being played and would find it impossible to follow—unless they were watching with a very patient friend from England, or India, or Australia.
I am talking, of course, about…
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