Cricket With an Outside Edge
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 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…
