Cricket is the second most popular sport in Africa. Cricket is most often times compared to baseball; however it has some very different rules and concepts. South Africa is one of the leaders in the world for the sport and is one of the twelve countries that is a member of the International Cricket Council (ICC). Cricket is very popular amongst the English-speaking whites and then later became popular amongst the Asian/Muslim community. Africa has its own council known as the ACA, African Cricket Association, which is in charge of the sport across all the participating African countries. Founded 30 years ago, there are only 22 African countries who are apart of this official association of the sport. The ACA hold tournaments annually for African members of the ICC. The three tournaments are the Under 19 Championships, Women's T 20 Championships, and the World Cricket League Africa Region. Cricket remains to be one of the top sports and Africa, however it is interesting to see that there is no Cricket association here in the United States. Could that be because it would be direct competition to baseball in the States?.... 
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