Wooster’s cricket history boasts appreciation for the sport

openingbat — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:31:00 GMT

By Usman Gul, Voice Staff

The surprising popularity of cricket in America stems from the ethnic diversity that American educational institutions foster and encourage.

The Wooster Cricket Club (WCC) was first inaugurated in the early 1990s as a result of growing interest in cricket among the college’s international student body.

Since then, the WCC has arranged matches against colleges in the Mid-West and the East Coast regions.

The club primarily consists of international students from South-Asian countries where cricket is an extremely popular sport.Recently, local American students have showed a staggering interest in the sport and make up a large portion of the club.

The WCC membership represents students from Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Jamaica, United Kingdom, Nepal, Zimbabwe, Jamaica and America.

In the past, the WCC’s cricketers have experienced both the delight of decisive victories and the disappointment of unprecedented defeats. In the spring semester of 2009, the WCC lost two consecutive matches to Ohio Wesleyan University and Carnegie Mellon University. However, a phenomenal comeback was made when the team defeated Carnegie Mellon University towards the end of the semester.

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Wooster’s cricket history boasts appreciation for the sport