The exceptional training mission that’s bringing cricket to refugees.
4 days in the past (Might 6) was the 350th anniversary of cricket in Syria.
As a statistic, it sounds unlikely, if not unattainable to confirm, however it’s reported that in 1676, in Aleppo, cricket was recorded to have been performed for the primary time outdoors of the British Isles.
The supply is the diary of Henry Teongue, a Royal Navy chaplain from Worcestershire, who talked about in a diary entry that he and his fellow vacationers had performed “krickett” throughout their cease within the metropolis.
350 years later, this historic second is being have fun…
