Canada has plans to field a cricket team at this summer’s Maccabiah Games in Israel. The team consists largely of immigrants from India, South Africa and other hot climate countries, who brought their cricket skills with them.

Emmanuel Joseph is coaching the team, which will join Great Britain, Israel, South Africa and Australia in vying for a medal. A native of Mumbai, India, Joseph played on the Indian team at the 1985 and 1989 Maccabiah Games. He wants the younger generation of local cricketers to experience what he did – participation in the “Jewish Olympics.”
Full story (Canadian Jewish News)