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Cricket bridges gaps in communities in New York
By Will last year, at the end of June, No Comments; be the first!
Talking of New York, I put this up on Beyond the Test World an hour ago. Nice little story.
No Comments »Police Officer Jeff Thomson from the NYPD first got in contact with us a couple of weeks ago, and since then his force have staged a family day to launch their season.
But it is cricket’s global appeal that can forge ties locally. With the game so popular in south asia and the Caribbean, those two communities in New York who sometimes struggle to integrate are given a vehicle to do just that.
“The Muslim community is not a community we had great outreach to in the past,” said Deputy Inspector Amin Kosseim, who runs special projects for the department’s Community Affairs Bureau.
And so the police decided to experiment with cricket, a game with a huge following across the Caribbean and South Asia. The response has cut across community lines. Tuesday’s opening match pitted the SuperStars — made up largely of players from Guyana — against the KnightRiders, a predominantly Pakistani team.
Where and how to watch the Ashes in New York
By Will last year, at the end of June, 5 Comments »
Sadly, I don’t have the answer. This is a plea that someone might know. New York must have hundreds of cricket fans and Nancy needs your very urgent help:
How about watching the 2009 Ashes series (well, parts of it) live on TV at a bar, or other public place, in NYC? Daily coverage begins at 6 am, our time – know of anyplace that’s making a special effort?
Hurry – she hasn’t much time to plan her days off before the series of all series gets underway…
5 Comments »Cricket in New York
By Will 3 years ago, mid-January, 13 Comments »
India and Australia are planning a one-day series to be played in New York. More at Cricinfo.
News.com reported that Cricket Australia operations manager Michael Brown confirmed last night that Australia had been approached by India for the series, though the details remained to be worked out. “You never say never but details at this stage are sketchy,” Brown said.
Two possible stumbling blocks in the negotiations could be Australia’s tour programme and wrangling over the percentage of revenues to be shared between the rival boards, with Australia reportedly demanding an equal share and the Indians demurring.
What would New Yorkers make of it, I wonder?
13 Comments »Mello in New York
By Will 4 years ago, mid-October, 5 Comments »
No, it's not a typo. Mello is the World Cup mascot and Ryan has a few photos of him (it?) in New York seeing the sights.
Where shall I go on holiday?
By Will 4 years ago, at the end of August, 15 Comments »
NB: nothing to do with cricket…
I’ve got a couple of weeks off in October so I need to start planning for a holiday. Where should I go? Italy is high up on the list, as usual, but so is New York (Ryan, reply to your emails dammit), Antigua, Scotland and others. Tight budget, not into five-star hotels – although, of course, if you happen to be working at British Airways or another airline and wish to bump me up to First Class, do get in touch. Suggestions, please! (maybe I’ll run a poll…or not)
15 Comments »Dedication to the cause
By Will 5 years ago, mid-November, 19 Comments »
September 2005, Ashes Test England v Australia. A few brave souls in NYC watch the match start at 5.30 a.m. From Flickr user David Reeves. Talking of such matters, who (apart from me) will be up at 4am GMT (or wherever in the world you live) for Saturday’s first Test?
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