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Hi,

I am an Indian graduate student in the US and am a big-time cricket and trivia buff. I found your page very interesting - it was fascinating and heartening to see that the game lives in some quite exotic places!

I chanced upon a web page of Haverford College in Pennsylvania, USA (which is about 15 minutes drive from my place!). It seems that the college has a great cricket library (the CC Morris Cricket Library) and was one of the last places in the US where all American-born players played cricket till it slowly died away in the 1920's. Other articles about the conflict between baseball & cricket and Cricket in America provide fascinating asides. I found it extremely interesting. I plan to visit the library sometime.

Here is the URL: https://www.haverford.edu/library/cricket/CCMORRIS.HTM

Regards,

Jagad Rajagopalan, Strafford PA, United States of America

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Hi,

I really enjoy reading the articles that you manage to gather from some remarkable locations. I once had to do a geography assignment on any topic, and I decided to do it on the spread of cricket around the world, its influences and why it has failed in other areas.

After doing that assignment I completely understand the difficulties that you must face, and am in awe of the result. I didn't have the luxury of email even though it was less than 10 years ago (something else to be in awe of) but then in many countries that you find information on, email access is not exactly a priority! Well done.

Regards,

Nathan Webb, Sydney, Australia

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My name is Arees Rauf.

First of all, I am an ardent fan of your articles from around the world and I never miss to read your updates.

Thank you for informing us on cricket around the the world!

Keep up the good work and let cricket GROW around the world.

Arees Rauf, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

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Hello,

I am a serious follower of cricket and going through the cricket.org site for long time. One thing I found was you are not making any arrangements to make your newsletter available regularly. Kindly write regularly about the cricket world and do the needful to make it available.

Regards

Ganesh

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Tony

Nice to see you back online - long may you be able to continue Good Reading, Good News and Good Luck!

Richard Cox, Director of Cricket Warwickshire CCC

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Hi.

This is the first time I have ever read your edition (the 18th) and that's because my ISP is not that up to the mark. But I'll say this: it's great!!

Is there any way I could receive this by email (like CricInfo 365)???

I really would appreciate it if there is such a service available.

Wasim Lala, Oman

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Dear Tony,

I have just discovered your website, and I must commend you to keep up the good work.

I am a very enthusiastic cricket player and follower, and I would like to state categorically that Nigeria deserves to have an independent affiliation with ICC.

For time immemorial, we have been saddled with the burden of playing under the West African umbrella despite the fact that over 90% of the team is always Nigerian!

History was made in 1994 when the MCC side visited Nigeria. The first game was played against a full fledged Nigerian side, and we beat them convincingly! This was a very significant achievement in the history of Nigerian cricket, and subsequent games were played as the WACC side, and we lost both games. By simple logic, the West African side is supposed to be stronger than the Nigerian side, but the exact opposite is the case.

The fact of the matter is that from the quality of the Nigerian game, there is very little that differentiates our potentials from other countries with rising profiles like Kenya, Bangladesh and Holland. Once we can gain our autonomity, then we can raise our game to that next level...Hopefully, we will get to see a bit of that potential at the Africa Cup championships in Nairobi in February.

Chukwuma Ahuchogu, Dewenter, The Netherlands

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Being an ardent fan of cricket, I always wanted to know what is being done to promote cricket around the world... Ur Column provides me with all the details...

Great Work .... !!!!!

Usman Elahi, Pakistan