PHOTO BY TYRAN BROOKS FOR THE MULESKINNER School is back in session, and students are setting up backyard cricket matches in parking lots, driveways and cabbage patches around campus.

By ALEX AGUEROS
Sports Editor

(WARRENSBURG, Mo., digitalBURG) — Many UCM students enjoy afternoons playing cricket – by any means necessary. Cricket is especially popular in India, and with an increase in Indian international students from last year’s 1,506, the community can look forward to many backyard matches near campus.

Ajay Gaddi, 23, said he and his roommates can’t wait to play in their new yard.

“We’re missing cricket,” he said.

A cricket pitch has been under construction since last fall. Crews broke ground in November and planned to finish last spring. It is located behind the South Recreational Complex.

PHOTO BY TYRAN BROOKS FOR THE MULESKINNER
Srni Srinivas (right) prepares to bowl in a backyard cricket match with his roommates in his apartment complex’s gravel driveway.

A new cricket pitch is located at the South Recreational Complex.