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Cricket as an oasis: In Gelsenkirchen, the Black Miners (front) play against the Blackcaps from Düsseldorf. Image: Stephan Lucka

For many refugees in the Ruhr region, cricket is part of their culture. The sport is developing more rapidly than any other for teams in Germany - but often lacks funding. Join our sports family on the https://indiancustomer.in/.

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Revierpark Nienhausen, Gelsenkirchen, on a reasonably level green area near the miniature golf course, an unusual spectacle unfolds: two teams of men with and without bats indulge in an illustrious ball game from a set standard situation. Sometimes this is done with a single throw; far more often, however, a fierce race accompanied by loud shouts ensues after a stroke. It lasts until the ball is finally caught and the whole thing starts all over again.

In principle, this would be a good chance for Martin Dworatzek to attract quite a few curious spectators to cricket.

This Bundesliga match doesn't cost a cent to enter. But the interest in the games of the Black Miners, which he organizes from spring to autumn under the club umbrella of VfB 09/13 Gelsenkirchen, is not particularly sustainable.

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Couples and passers-by may stop and marvel here for a quarter of an hour - after that, experience shows, they move on.

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