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Travis Bazzana's love of cricket, passion for baseball turns him into Guardians top prospect

Travis Bazzana always knew he would always excel with a bat in his hand and a ball being hurled toward him. The No. 1 pick in the 2024 MLB Draft by the Guardians always knew that bat would be more rounded and less flat. A standout cricket player growing up ...
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Cricket and biryani go together like baseball and hot dogs

Marco Postigo Storel for NPR / Marco Postigo Storel The most anticipated game of the Cricket World Cup may be the Pakistan-India game on Sunday. The nations are bitter rivals, and their cricket teams rarely meet. There is one thing their fans do agree on ...
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Once a popular pastime in America, cricket is returning for the Twenty20 World Cup

Say “silly mid-off” or “deep backward square leg” or “a single to long leg” to the average American and it'll trigger a quizzical look. Cricket — the so-called “gentlemen’s game” with complex rules, funnily worded fielding positions and ...
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Meet ‘Jomboy’: The Yankees fan turned cricket convert using baseball to call the T20 World Cup

Jimmy O’Brien pauses and then slows down his voice to highlight the difference between commentating on cricket compared to baseball. “There. That. Is. A. Huge. Wicket. That. Is. Going. To. Change. The. Match.” Because most of the cricket audience on ...
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Cricket in Oakland? Everything baseball fans need to know before MLC games at Coliseum

The Oakland Coliseum announced it's set to host nine Major League Cricket matches during the 2025 season. The opening match kicks off June 12, 2025. While cricket is incredibly popular around the world, American sports fans have not had many opportunities ...