FEATURE: Japanese cricket missionary in India hopes expats catch on

The sport of cricket may be little known in Japan, despite first being played in the country in 1863, but in India it verges on religious status.For Naotsune Miyaji, a former member of Japan's national cricket team, a corporate tournament in southern India offered the perfect opportunity to introduce Japanese expatriates to the sport and showcase its global appeal.The tournament in Sri City, held once or twice a year, involved 18 companies and mostly local employees. Japanese participants were less familiar with the rules, so Miyaji handed out pamphlets produced by the Japan Cricket Associa…READ FULL ARTICLE