Hallowed be thy game

The growing warmth between the Church of England and the Catholic church has found expression in a tour by St Peter’s Cricket Club. The team is made up of seminarians—mostly South Asians—studying in Rome. They lost to a Royal Household XI ahead of the big match in Canterbury on September 19th against the Church of England. Eamonn O’Higgins, the team’s “spiritual director”, insists there will be no sledging in Latin, nor seeking revenge for the Reformation. But, he says, “Of course, we’re playing to win.”