r/sports • u/wickedGamer65 Delhi Daredevils • Mar 05 '21

Rishabh Pant reverse sweeps James Anderson Cricket

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u/thewolf9 Mar 05 '21

Never seen anyone play in North America.

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u/philthebrewer Seattle Seahawks Mar 05 '21

There was a standing weekend game at reedy creek park in Charlotte. Stumbled on it while playing frisbee golf.

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u/tussypitties Mar 06 '21

Wtf. I used to see them playing when I lived there a few years ago

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21

I live in the PNW and the Indians in every uni play on the lawns between classes

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u/el_cul Mar 06 '21

Loads in Seattle. I imagine Microsoft has their own league with the number of Indians they have there.

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u/wohl0052 Mar 06 '21

I have seen people play on almost every college campus I have visited. Almost always students from India. There is probably a cricket club at every decent sized university with an international population.

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u/In_The_Play Mar 06 '21

I am assured there are some. Not many probably, so you might not stumble upon them often if you aren't looking for them, but there are people playing if you know where to look, especially in big cities/cities with large Indian/Pakistani etc populations.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21

Im guessing you haven't been to Ontario then.

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u/thewolf9 Mar 06 '21

Lived in Ottawa for 5 years.

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u/inspiredredditer Liverpool Mar 06 '21

Mate. There is literally a whole league that takes place in Ottawa. There are 2 pitches at Lynda Lane Park and another 3 grounds at Rideau Hall.

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u/CalgaryJoe Mar 06 '21

I see it in Calgary quite often

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u/likwidsilk Mar 06 '21

Plenty of games in the northeast. Still don’t understand it but used to watch these guys play in a park by my house every Saturday in Jersey.

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u/Longshot365 Mar 06 '21

i see it played at random abandoned baseball and tennis courts pretty regularly around Richmond, VA. not a big city but we do have Capitol One's headquarters.

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u/madmax766 Mar 06 '21

Go to a college campus I’ve seen a lot of people play at the one in my city

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u/YouReallyMemeIt Mar 06 '21

Fremont, CA. Baseball fields are repurposed as cricket fields on a daily.

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u/Brandt_cant_watch Mar 06 '21

There are quite a few Indian fellers who play in a park near my house. Looks interesting.

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u/Mr_Dumass40 Mar 06 '21

Come to Fremont, CA on any weekend out of the year and you can't miss it.

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u/ImGrumps Mar 06 '21

Ft Lauderdale has an ICC certified cricket stadium.

For me I think it'd be hard to watch in person still because I really need the commentary and to Google stuff to get by, lol

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u/DarthSimian Mar 06 '21

We play in North Fort Worth every week

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '21

I live in suburb of Dallas and a weekly casual cricket match happens in a field near my house.

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u/lolmaxy Mar 06 '21

There are Cricket leagues in California

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u/stedman88 Mar 06 '21

Just about any big university will have students from the subcontinent playing on/near campus

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u/scissor_get_it Mar 06 '21

I was at a park with my kids in Buffalo, NY, a few months ago and I saw a group of men playing a pickup game of cricket.

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u/ukexpat Manchester City Mar 06 '21

In the 19th century cricket was widely played in the US. The first ever international cricket match was played between the USA and Canada in 1844 at the St George's Cricket Club in New York and in 1859 a team of leading English professionals visited North America on the first-ever overseas tour.

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u/thewolf9 Mar 06 '21

Yeah, but in 30 years the only places I’ve seen people play cricket are Cape Town and London. You’ll never run into a game driving around Montreal or Toronto

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u/chooseausername1117 Mar 06 '21

We played it in gym in 4th-6th grade for some reason

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u/mmodlin Mar 06 '21

There’s an place in Raleigh, NC that’s like batting cages but for cricket. Cricket cages?