Beyond the Test World: Cricket to feature in South-East Asian Games 2011
Cricket will be played for the first time at the South-east Asian Games in 2011 in Indonesia as a demonstration sport . Six sides featuring the national teams from Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, Myanmar and Indonesia will contest a Twenty20 tournament, although as a demonstration sport medals will not be at stake. Cricket Indonesia official, Prakash Vijaykumar, said it was likely the cricket event would be staged in Jakarta. Vijaykumar said local Indonesian stations normally telecast the SEA Games, and it was likely feeds would be provided to the other…