This picture taken on Nov 8,2020 shows the SCC Divas Cricket Team, made up of domestic helpers from the Philippines celebrating after getting a team talk from coach Sher Lama ahead of their game against the Kong Cricket Club Cavaliers in Hong Kong. - AFP
HONG KONG (AFP): After a long week cooking and cleaning in the cramped households of Hong Kong, a group of Filipino domestic helpers are using their Sunday off for an unlikely hobby: cricket. And they're proving rather good at it.
Despite no background in the game, scant coaching and very little time, the SCC Divas have made a startling impact, winning Hong Kong's development league twice in their first two seasons and going unbeaten since stepping up to the main divisions this year.
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