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Harnessing the Cricketing Passion

Cricket has played a huge part in the lives of many South Asian migrants, who first came to England in 1960's. After settling in cities like Bradford in Northern England, many of them began to form their own leagues. One of the oldest and largest of these is the Quaid-e Azam League in Bradford, which is named after the founder of Pakistan. It has now formed a strong link with Yorkshire County Cricket club, and hopes this will help it contribute more players to both the county side as well as the national team.

Nasser Hanif looks at the history of the league, and it's part in developing talent:

Photo: The final of the Quaid-e Azam League played at Yorkshire County Cricket club August 2015 CREDIT: Nasser Hanif/成人快手)

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