Why Pakistani players fail to break into the USA cricket team compared to the Indians?

[sithb]

There's a huge element of old white boys club when it comes to English cricket.

But that said , more Pakistani origin cricketers have made it rather than Indian origin cricketers.

Might be due to a lot of Asian cricketers dropping off before.

 

[Major]

My son did a season at Indian gymkhana, as we used to live around the corner from it a few years ago and were and still are regulars at the bar/ restaurant upstairs and still go there for all big ticket cricket matches viewing.

Even though we moved away from the area when it came to cricket we put son there first.

However two things stood out that made us pull him out next season.

1. The population was entirely south Asian with mostly new gen Indian immigrants (IT) and a few Pakistanis, hardly any other ethnicity. In hindsight should have thought Indian gymkhana lol.
2. The coach at first session itself said get your son coaching from me if you want him in the team and during the season we saw only kids getting private coaching were getting regular games, rest were being benched.

Second year we pulled him and put in him in another cc, much better mix of kids, whites,Asians (Indians, Pakistanis, Lankans and a couple of Aghans even) and a few black kids.

He's much happier here, gets games regularly and less pressure for private coaching.

Sadly Indian Gymkhanas lost its way, good guys at the top but the coaches leave a lot to be desired.

Is the local white population involved in playing the sport in US?

 

[nish_mate]

Is the local white population involved in playing the sport in US?

UK mate, topic got digressed to UK

 

[Major]

UK mate, topic got digressed to UK

Sorry i thought u were talking about US

 

[nish_mate]

Teddington and Twickenham good choices.

I think Teddington is probably the best professionally run club in West London. The previous ECB director was once first team captain I believe. I’ve got lots of friends at Twickenham, they are a great club for inclusivity. Everyone is made to feel welcome there.

Shepherds Bush and Acton decent clubs too. The Bush is the home of Carribean cricket heritage in London. Clubs with so much history yet they have the utmost respect for anyone who visits.

North London is just gold. It’s the Beverly Hills of cricket in London.


Sunbury and Ashford play in the Surrey League. I think they are set up well and can push for the higher divisions but there are always some constraints that do not allow them to push forward at the top divisions with Wimbledon, Guildford, Spencer etc. you need youth/colts sections of 300+ to reach those levels. I don’t think Ashford and Sunbury get those numbers but they are not bad.

Any reason for North London being the Beverley Hills? It's a predominantly a Jewish/ White area iirc.