Falkland Cricket Association is the official

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of the sport of

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in the

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. It is the Island's representative at the

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, of which it is an associate member, having joined in 2007. It is included in the

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region. In 2010 the Falkland Cricket Association appointed a development officer, with the aim of having 100% participation of school-age children in school cricket, for a minimum of 6 weeks a year. Falkland Cricket Association official Roger Diggle commented, "We think we might be the first country in the world to achieve 100% participation at school age."A festival of cricket for the Falklands
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