A Meaningful "World Cup" of Cricket

BBC News - LA cricket: Club helps tame Compton's mean streets: "It was the start of what was to become a collaboration of former gangsters, homeless men and street kids, who now see cricket as a metaphor for living a purposeful and law-abiding life.

'The dance is great and the physical action is beautiful,' says Mr Hayes. 'Most important is the etiquette of cricket - what it means to compete and win but be a gentleman about it.'

Inspired by their success with the homeless, they turned to the impoverished and violent neighbourhood of Compton. They took their recruitment drive to the local schools and set up cricket workshops in a city that has one of the worst reputations in California as a gang heartland."