Today@Dal

From the Chronicle Herald's weekend magazine:

“It’s a sign of how cosmopolitan Halifax is getting,” explains [cricken team] gold assistant captain Daksh Talwar, who planned on hitting Halifax’s fabled Dome after the match to celebrate his 25th birthday.

New Delhi-born, he studied electrical engineering technology in Halifax, stuck around and now works as an sales agent for electrical distributor Nedco’s outlet in Burnside Park in Dartmouth. Talwar is a “spinner,” a bowler who tries to fool the batsman with a wonky bounce rather than overpower him with speed.

He is one of the reasons why, after a hard start, things seem to turn for the gold squad. Even so, by the time the 10th blue batsman goes down, it is past 3 p.m. Despite a temperature that, with humidity factored in, approaches 40 C, the boys in blue have racked up 130 runs.

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The guys who won’t be batting for a couple of hours kick back. By league standards, the Golds have a young squad. This is the first season for Parth Patel and Harsh Patel (no relation), both in their early 20s. The pair, from the state of Gujarat in western India, are studying engineering at Dalhousie University and conveniently share an apartment a few blocks from the pitch.

Teammate Harsh Vakil, also from Gujarat, lives in the same complex. At 26, he is finished Dal’s engineering program. Now he wants to stick around.

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