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How cricket is giving new hope to refugees in Serbia

When someone mentions Serbia and sport, you probably think of football, basketball or a certain tennis player who goes by the name of Novak.

But did you know that Serbia is one of the newest associate members of the International Cricket Council?

To most Serbs, the game remains about as intelligible as ancient Greek, but in the refugee camps of Belgrade, it's providing a lifeline to the growing number of Afghan migrants trapped between their troubled homeland and Western Europe.

James Montague reports.

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