In April 2008, a group of cricket-mad expats from the Shanghai Cricket Club organised a full Twenty20 cricket tournament in Pyongyang, North Korea. Three teams, 800-plus runs, cucumber sandwiches, a marching band, and one very unfortunate golden duck. This is the only story of cricket in the DPRK.
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In April 2008, a group of cricket-mad expats from the Shanghai Cricket Club organised a full Twenty20 cricket tournament in Pyongyang, North Korea. Three teams, 800-plus runs, cucumber sandwiches, a marching band, and one very unfortunate golden duck. This is the only story of cricket in the DPRK.
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