Cricket comes to Pyongyang

UPDATE: photos from North Korea’s first cricket game:

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ORIGINAL POST:

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The venue: Mt. Taesong Park.
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This week Pyongyang hosted its first ever cricket match.  I hope to get an update on the game when the team returns to China.  Until now, here is what we know from the Telegraph:

The three visiting teams for the Twenty20 tournament will be largely expatriates from England, Australia, South Africa and Holland who are based in Shanghai.

The North Korean side will be boosted by staff from the Indian and Pakistani embassies.

The tournament was planned by Bryan Clark, a British employee of the logistics firm DHL, which has an office in Pyongyang, and the Shanghai Cricket Club, which has been leading attempts to develop the game in China.

Read the full story here:
North Koreans take on the English at cricket
Telegraph
Richard Spencer
4/24/2008

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3 Responses to “Cricket comes to Pyongyang”

  1. lovekumar says:

    Date 11/04/2011 L,no.01/06/11/

    Honorable,
    The president,

    Subject: I want a opportunity to play cricket in your committee team

    Applicant Mr. Lovekumar Jadhav [PLAYER OF ALL INDIA RURALCRICKET]

    Respected sir
    I am Lovekumar jadhav player of all India rual cricket I also played in under nineteen and under twenty three years cricket team of rural India in international level in sri lanka and Bangladesh respectfully .but in India the player of this rural cricket can’t get a chance to play in international level [ICC] so this is my kind request to you to give me chance to play in your cricket team of international to prove my ability so please send a rule and regulation of your cricket committee & give me a chance to play and prove myself I will try my best for yours.
    Yours sincerely

    with regards

    OFFICE:
    P.B.WALSA [KH] TQ.BHOKARDAN,
    DISTT.JALNA-431114,
    MAHARASHTRA STATE,
    COUNTRY INDIA

    Mr.Lovekumar jadhav
    PLAYER OF ALL INDIA RURALCRICKET

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