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Cricket Rules

Michael Goldfarb is usually based in London where he covers British life and politics for NPR. So we took advantage of his tenure here in Washington, D.C. to help us understand that most British of games: cricket. Michael managed to find a cricket match on a field (the "wicket") near the Jefferson Memorial and, in this piece, he tells us what the game is all about.

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