Cricket With an Outside Edge
In August 1986, a remarkable cricket encounter unfolded in Dallas, Texas, on a modest private school field with just a few hundred folding chairs scattered around the boundary. Members of the Dallas County Cricket Club prepared to face a team that few could have imagined ever playing there, the reigning 1983 Cricket World Cup champions…
South African Cricket’s Long Road On June 14, 2025, four days before America’s federal Juneteenth holiday, the South African national cricket team lifted the ICC World Test Championship mace, a crowning moment in the country’s turbulent cricketing history. Under the captaincy of Temba Bavuma—the first Black African to lead the Proteas in Test cricket—the win…
The East Africa cricket team represents a unique chapter in the annals of international cricket. A forgotten multi-national squad that once emerged from the colonial legacies and post-independence aspirations of four East African nations. Those nations were Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Zambia. Formed in 1951, the team symbolized a regional unity that transcended national boundaries….
The African Nation Shines as Host of T20 Memorial Cricket Tournament In 1994, Rwanda experienced a horrific genocide. Over 800,000 people, mostly Tutsi, were killed in just 100 days. The violence began on April 7, one day after the Rwandan president’s plane was shot down. Hutu extremists blamed the Tutsi and used this event to…
The Compton Cricket Club established itself in 1995 among a revolutionary homeless community called Dome Village in downtown Los Angeles. Dome Village, brainchild of civil activist Ted Hayes, was based on his 1984 “Justiceville” tent city project. According to the Ted Hayes website, Dome Village “contained a comprehensive plan designed to break the cycle of…
Postponed a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2022 Asian Games took place from late September to early October 2023 in Hangzhou, China and it excluded the Afghanistan women cricket squad. Recognized as the second largest global athletic competition behind only the Olympics, these games feed into the Olympiads. Occurring every four years like…
