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Radio 4,3 mins

Why are few UK men of South Asian origin pro cricketers?

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Nasser Hussain, Mark Ramprakash and Moeen Ali are all successful England cricket players, past and present, from a South Asian origin. Men from an Indian and Pakistani background are six times more likely to play the sport than the average recreational player, according to the England and Wales cricket board. So why is it then that they only make up 6% of this country's first class cricket players? Sima Kotecha went to Lancashire to find out.

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