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Indoor Cricket at St. Ives, Cambs
A sport for all seasons; Anglia TV report from St. Ives, Cambridgeshire on indoor cricket with Eaton Socon Cricket Side.
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Overview
Anglia TV report from the St Ivo Leisure Centre in St. Ives where an indoor cricket match takes place. Owen Brough of Eaton Socon Cricket talks the viewer through the rules and game-play of a sport that is gaining tremendous popularity in the UK owing to the fact that it does depend on good weather to be able to play.
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