When cricket was first played in Brazil in the 1850s it was the pastime of British railway workers. Today it is for Brazilians
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskBrazil’s embrace of cricket began two decades ago, when Matt Featherstone, a club player from Britain, noticed that there was a street version of cricket called. He began swapping bottles for stumps, and encouraging kids to bowl overarm not under. By 2009 it had become a regular programme under the banner of Cricket Brasil, which is partly funded by the International Cricket Council.
This is remarkable not only because they are playing cricket, but because they are playing anything at all. Brazil may be known the world over for football and beach bodies, but a lot of Brazilians are conspicuously unsporty. In a recent survey of exercise habits, Brazilians puffed in last out of 29 countries, devoting half the global average time to physical activity. A study in 2016 found that six in ten state schools had no exercise area.
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