New Caledonia, Francophones and Cricket

Over at 5 Minutes en Nouvelle Caledonie, Sebastien who lives in New Caledonia but is originally from continental France writes (Fr) a post that shows how little cricket resonates with most of the French-speaking world ^[1]: “While the world focuses on soccer, I want to introduce you to a less well known ball sport, which is nevertheless very popular here: cricket! This british sport is played every weekend (…) by Kanak ^[2] women and was introduced in New Caledonia by British missionaries. (…) A local team even partakes in the Pacific games.”