Cricket in Windsor

John Doherty features local cricket in this article for the Lance, the University of Windsor campus newspaper
The Windsor cricket scene isn’t what it used to be according to Curtis Springer, former captain and current president of the Windsor Cavaliers Cricket Club of the Southern Ontario Cricket Association. There are currently seven teams in the league, but when Springer arrived from the Barbados in 1996 there were roughly 16-17 teams vying for the championship.
“Most of the cricket in this area is played in Toronto and the price of gas now— expensive travel,” Springer said. “Also, they started a league four years ago in Detroit that is drawing players from here. Most of the players (in Detroit) can’t come (to Canada) due to the effects of 9-11. It’s tougher to cross the border.”

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