Holding it together

摘要

These are heady times for the cricket lovers of Leicester: the county team has just won a national competition, and it was feted this week at a grand reception in the town hall. But an even bigger cricketing sensation may be in store. On September 11th local Christian clergy will be taking on the Muslim imams, with a Hindu and an Orthodox Jew acting as umpires. As sportsmen, the imams have impressive form; earlier this year, their soccer team thrashed the clergy-and then the police.