French find love for cricket

26 July 2010 Last updated at 01:35 ET Help

For centuries, the French have dismissed cricket as a sport for English eccentrics and people from countries which were once part of the British Empire.

But the sport is now gaining ground in France and it is not just expatriates playing the game.

David Chazan reports.

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