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 MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - If every day could be like this: The sun is warm and soothing, the sky is painted a brilliant shade of blue and there's not even the wisp of a cloud to get in the way. And right in Atlanta's suburbs stands a large patch of neatly trimmed grass. Ahhh, the perfect place to break out those bats and balls. Yep, it's time to play some cricket.
The sport of googlies and wickets, of five-day games and breaks for lunch and tea, has gained a toehold in this land of baseball and apple pie. Increasingly, immigrants from countries as diverse as England and Bangladesh are congregating in neighborhood parks, setting up pitches and reconnecting with lands left behind.
"I do follow sports like baseball and football and basketball," said Sharma Vedula, who came to the United States from India in 1990. "But this is the one game that takes you back to your home country, at least for a day."
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