September 24, 1844. The first ever International cricket match was played — between United States and Canada in New York. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the pioneering match curiously contested in a land famed for being cricket agnostic.
It was the first international cricket match ever played. And curiously, the setting for the historic occasion was not Lord’s or Oval or the great cricket grounds at Melbourne or Sydney. The match took place at the Bloomingdale Park in what is now a cricket agnostic New York City, in the Kips Bay neighbourhood at 31st Street and First Avenue in the heart of Manhattan. Only in those days, that part of Manhattan was still a rural area.
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It was the first international cricket match ever played. And curiously, the setting for the historic occasion was not Lord’s or Oval or the great cricket grounds at Melbourne or Sydney. The match took place at the Bloomingdale Park in what is now a cricket agnostic New York City, in the Kips Bay neighbourhood at 31st Street and First Avenue in the heart of Manhattan. Only in those days, that part of Manhattan was still a rural area.
[url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/united-states-take-on-canada-in-the-first-ever-international-cricket-match-191081]read more here
