Cricket With an Outside Edge
In June 1939, the West Indies cricket team arrived in England for a summer tour that was meant to last into September. Three Test matches were scheduled, along with six additional first-class games. Only one of those Test matches would reach a proper conclusion. The rest of the tour was abandoned when Europe moved to…
Indigenous Australians have a deep, complex history with cricket. Their involvement dates back to the 1800s, making cricket one of the first sports in which Aboriginal Australians gained international recognition. In 1868, thirteen Aboriginal men from Victoria became the first Australian team of any kind to tour internationally. They played 47 matches across England, impressing…
The drive from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is fifteen and a half hours long. But it is a perfect trip if you want to stop in Boston and New York City along the way. And, of course, if you’d like to take the trip straight down to Washington, D.C. However, Halifax is in…
In 1896, the Olympic Games made a triumphant return to Athens after an absence of over 1500 years. According to Aristotle, the ancient games officially started in 776 BCE. And they mostly consisted of running events, chariot races, some jumping, tossing a couple of things around, and a little bit of wrestling and boxing. Nero…
Remembering Jewel | The Forgotten Hero of Bangladesh On August 29, 1971, Abdul Halim Chowdhury Jewel was abducted from his mother’s home in Dhaka. Pakistani soldiers stormed the house late at night. Jewel was a freedom fighter and elite commando in the Crack Platoon. An informant had exposed him after a series of guerrilla attacks…
From the Top of the World to the South Pole, these 12 Locations Prove Cricket Has No Boundaries. Cricket is considered by many to be the world’s greatest sport. It is one of the oldest games ever played, and it is popular around the world. Some amazing legends like Donald Bradman and Sachin Tendulkar have…
