Cricket with hysterical nuns and sporting priests
Charlie Campbell, the captain of Authors XI, recounts his visit to Italy and the Vatican in the Guardian, as his team played against St Peter's CC and other teams
08-Jun-2015
Charlie Campbell, the captain of Authors XI, recounts his visit to Italy and the Vatican in the Guardian, as his team played against St Peter's CC and other teams. They may not have returned victorious, but Campbell says cricket like this is not about victory.
St Peter's CC was set up in the belief that sport can unite communities. In our Mass, Father Eamonn O'Higgins, the Vatican's team manager, spoke to us about how we could all gain something from this experience in Rome. That we certainly did. We may not have won, but cricket like this is not about victory. Sometimes a defeat can be strangely enjoyable. After all, there's no shame in losing to the future of the Catholic Church. And judging from a few days with these Indian, Pakistani and Sri Lankan seminarians, that future is bright.