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On Thursday, the first ball will be bowled in Major League Cricket, a fledgling professional league that’s holding its first tournament.
But cricket-loving immigrants are trying to change that. The sport is also popular in the Caribbean, Australia, and New Zealand.In the United States, cricket has yet to find a home. Today the biggest cricket audience is in South Asia, where big matches can bring cities to a standstill. So, when you see a crease on a field, you expect to see cricketers.I grew up playing cricket in London and it reminds me of home.
It’s the equivalent of the pitcher’s mound and home plate in baseball, with fielders arrayed around it in 360 degrees. It’s where batters at either end defend their wicket against bowlers. A crease is the centerpiece of a cricket pitch.
A mechanical digger removed a strip of grass in the middle of the field, and a eureka moment came.“They’re building a crease,” I told my wife.She was mystified. Earlier this summer, I watched a construction crew in the field behind our house in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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