Pakistanis for the love of cricket – in a New York town

The sound of Pakistani music was punctuated by the crack of a bat and the cheers of the players on the field. The men in green were on the Brass City Cricket Club out of Waterbury, Conn., while the men in the red, black and white uniforms were the Spring Valley Cricket Club.

The teams gathered at Memorial Park yesterday for an annual one-day cricket match that began around 6 p.m. and was expected to last until midnight — and that’s considered a fast version of the game, said Junaid Khan. Khan founded the Brass City club a few years ago, but soon moved to California. He returned to Connecticut — and the team — yesterday, in part so he could play in the match.

“I love cricket that much,” Khan said…