Okay it isn’t the bug… it’s the game! In March ISI at UTA partnered with several ministries to host students at the UTA Lutheran ministry center to watch the 2007 ICC World Cup of Cricket

Check out our website, www.utacricket.com for more info

Some interesting facts about Cricket and this outreach…

• Cricket is one of the most popular sport in many English speaking nations, most notably: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, etc.
• We often see students playing in the parking lots of UTA during the weekends because of their love for it.
• The World Cup, the premier event in Cricket is being played in March and April
• It is on pay per view on Dish network.
• We felt that offering to televise it on a big screen in a large room would attract students and would allow american volunteers with a passion for Indians, Pakistanis’ etc. a chance to learn about the Indian pastime directly from Indians.
• Indians have the largest population among international students at UTA but are not very well reached.
• What a way to build bridges for the gospel.
• We are working with at least 5 other ministries to make this happen.
• Unfortunately India and Pakistan were knocked out very early in the tournament.
• Pray also for the other days days and enough volunteers as it is a 2 month process with multiple games every week (I thought NCAA Basketball march madness was bad..) We hope to televise multiple games… hopefully building stronger relationships that way and offering more opportunity to share Christ’s love.

Other Links to learn more about cricket (including an instructional video for us newbies)