By Cosmo Hamilton
Reputedly the second most popular sport in the world, cricket is engaged in a battle royal for recognition in North America where it has been played on a limited basis at best for over 150 years. It is yet attempting to emerge from the obscure, make-shift playing fields of the Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens in New York to far-flung areas of California and Florida to make its glorious way into the hearts and minds of Americans.
Unlike soccer which has been embraced by Americans particularly the youth all across the country and is professionally organized by a reputable national association that consistently produces a world class team USA, cricket is still viewed in the United States as that weird game that involves a paddle and a ball that sometimes goes on for days governed by myriad rules and regulations. For native Americans it is too much to comprehend particularly if it is
