Cricket-From Castle Corner to Castle Hill, Zimbabwe experience generational journey


  • Cricket
  • Friday, 02 Sep 2022

Zimbabwe's batsman Sean Williams acknowledges his 50 runs during his World Cup Cricket match against the West Indies in Canberra, February 24, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray (AUSTRALIA - Tags: SPORT CRICKET)

TOWNSVILLE, Australia (Reuters) - Just a few feet shy of being classified a mountain, Castle Hill towers over the city of Townsville and on Saturday it will serve as the backdrop for a sporting event which has had North Queensland buzzing for a week.

Australia are playing their first ever international series in the region but it is not the one-day cricket that is so exciting locals and packing out the city hotels.

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