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One hundred highschool college students from throughout Simcoe County united Friday for one goal, to study in regards to the world’s second hottest sport – cricket.

The Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board (SMCDSB) organized the occasion as a part of an ongoing effort to advertise inclusion by means of numerous sports activities actions.

The initiative was impressed by a ministry program to present Canadian college students finding out overseas a way of dwelling.

Some of the scholars on the occasion had been experiencing the sport of cricket from childhood, like Grade 12 scholar Paranvir Banwaid, who emigrated from India.

“I have like emotions connected to this game. So when I see other people playing the game that I love, I feel very like the game is being promoted in a country where it’s not, like, that popular, so I would like people to go crazy about cricket here also,” Banwaid mentioned.

The college students discovered among the recreation’s terminology, together with ‘wicket’ and ‘googly.’

Bradford Cricket Club Founder Ankit Patel mentioned the sport has quickly grown in Canada over the previous few years and extra not too long ago in smaller cities.

“Now we see Alliston, Orillia, Barrie, Bradford, Tottenham, Shelbourne, they all are participating. We played last year with all the cities, and it really feels nice to have the community part of the game,” Patel mentioned.

Students at Friday’s occasion will use what they discovered to introduce cricket to feeder elementary faculties, creating extra alternatives for college students of all ages to study the game and develop the sport regionally.