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Desert island doosras: cricket fever in St Helena
The British overseas territory of Saint Helena is often remembered as the place where Napoleon was exiled. But did you know that cricket has been played on this far-flung tropical outpost for 200 years?
Last year, the remote community of just 4,500 people even sent a team to Botswana to compete in their first ever ICC tournament.
Simon Parker made the 7,000 kilometer trip from London.
Photo: St Helena cricket (Simon Parker)