South Korea’s cricket switch
Cricket has emerged as a new sport in South Korea as baseball players enter a team at the Asian Games.
Published On 17 Sep 2014
Baseball is king in South Korea but cricket is now being looked upon as the new sport in town.
Baseball players prove a hit in Twenty20 cricket as the country prepares to make its debut as the Asian Games hosts this month.
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The team – unlike other embryonic cricket nations built on second-generation immigrants from the subcontinent – is fully South Korean.
What made them ready for international competition was the fact that all of them were baseball players.
Most of them had never played cricket until a year ago, but their baseball careers have helped them adapt – while their skill with chopsticks has been an unlikely aid to spin bowling.
Paul Rhys reports from Incheon.