Roger Sawh writes for CricInfo:-
Club cricket in Toronto has, in recent years, absolutely blown up. It’s a byproduct of the immigration boom that Eastern Canada has experienced, and the game is better for it, for there are now vast numbers of ardent fans and players in a place where “cricket” has predominantly meant “a grasshopper-like organism” for decades. While confined to the indoors during the grey months of winter, players suppress their desires to hit the field with artificial turf in indoor practice nets. There’s an incredible motivation that drives one to don winter gear over cricket gear, proceed in frosty conditions to a practice, strip your winter gear off, play cricket, and then reload it onto yourself for a return trudge to your heated car and home. The commencement of the summer season that follows this wintery reality is like the sweet reward after an arduous journey. This isn’t just another set of games, for the value of time, effort, and care that has been put in is on the line.
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