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A dibbly-dopply, googly or even a yorker might be pitched by that off-spinner in a new sports park coming to northeast London.

The Kilally Fields Sports Park is taking shape in the area of Adelaide and Windermere roads, and along with two new baseball diamonds, it will feature a cricket pitch.

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“We have been lobbying for this for some time,” said Sean Mitchell, manager of the London Cricket Club, one of three clubs in the city that boast five teams among them.

“The more we have, the better. We are happy about this.”

The cricketers, who use some unusual language to describe their play, are not the only ones who are happy. There is a pressing need in London for more baseball diamonds and the two that are part of this proposal are a good start, said Shaunessey Boland, chairperson of the Westminster community group and an avid slo-pitch player.

“There is a demand. It is hard to get a proper facility. A lot of parks in the city are not open or not well cared for. It is one of the issues we deal with,” she said.