U.S. Scores Historic Cricket Win, but Only Pakistan Notices
www.nytimes.com
Many Americans were oblivious to the magnitude of the World Cup victory against Pakistan on Thursday. But the pain was sharp in the cricket-mad nation.

It was a very unlikely win. Some, if not all players on this team have day jobs.

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  • tallricefarmer@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    After repeating this news to my Indian wife, she didn’t believe me. She even called it fake news lol. “From the NY Times?”, I asked. She said there must be some mistake and still doesn’t believe it. That is how surprising this match result is.

    • Wahots@pawb.socialOPEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      Believe me, I was surprised, too. I didn’t know we even had a team, haha.