Last modified on Fri 7 Jun 2024 22.24 CESTou couldn’t buy a USA cricket jersey for love nor money in New York on Friday morning, indubitable proof, if anyone needed it, that the sport is taking over the nation.
Or at least, the New York Times carried an article about the match under the headline “US Scores HistoricWin, but Only Pakistan Notices”. The game did make it into Google’s list of the top 20 search trends in the USA for the day. It was in 18th place, eight below National Donut Day and two above Oklahoma softball.Out at Eisenhower Park, meanwhile, cricket’s off-Broadway World Cup rolled on.
Still, the good news is that 24 hours of emergency treatment seems to have improved the pitches. The game was played on the same surface they had used foron Wednesday, but the grass had been shaved back, and the whole thing gone over with a heavy roller. There was still a little bit of variable bounce, but batting was certainly easier than it had been in either of the two previous games at the venue.