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Tiny French hamlet hosts 'historic' cricket tournament

Original: Tiny French hamlet holds 'historic' cricket tournament

A small village in France has hosted what organisers are calling a historic cricket tournament, drawing coverage from newspapers across South Asia and beyond. The event highlights cricket's growing reach beyond its traditional Commonwealth heartland, with outlets in Pakistan, Bangladesh and elsewhere picking up the story of the unlikely French venue.

Why now: The novelty of cricket, a sport rarely associated with rural France, being played in a tiny hamlet is drawing widespread attention.

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• Tiny French hamlet holds 'historic' cricket tournament · Dawn
• Tiny French hamlet holds 'historic' cricket tournament · Dawn
• Tiny French hamlet holds 'historic' cricket tournament · The Daily Star
• Tiny French hamlet holds 'historic' cricket tournament · Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS)

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