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If you were asked to name a "city of cricket", you'd probably go for somewhere like Melbourne or Mumbai, where the sport is ingrained in the culture of the local population.

It's doubtful that Kaizuka in west Japan would be anywhere near the top of your list!

Well, as unlikely as it sounds, Kaizuka is the latest Japanese city to be designated exactly that - "a city of cricket".

The project is part of a drive by the Japanese Cricket Association to grow the game in new places and the organisation's chief executive Naoki Miyaji has been telling Stumped all about it.

Photo: Japan batsman Ema Kuribayashi (Getty Images)