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Illustration by Danielle Del Plato. Source: Getty.Inside U.S. Cricket’s Shocking Victory
When the players on the U.S. men’s cricket team showed up at a stadium outside Dallas on the morning of June 6, they were well aware that few people who knew anything about the sport gave them a chance of winning. That the match was even taking place was …