In a world of climate chaos, with heatwaves frying southern Europe, north America and China, sport cannot escape what the UN secretary general, António Guterres, has now called “the era of global boiling”. Cricket is no exception, its heartbeat devastated in 2022 as deadly spring heat in South Asia was followed by flooding in Pakistan which killed more than 1,700 people and displaced 7.9 million.
Cricket’s relationship with this climate emergency is explored at the BD:Festival with the world premiere of Cricket Green at Bradford City Park on Friday night. Commissioned by the Bradford Producing Hub and Bradford Council. before the city’s crowning as UK City of Culture for 2025, the Balbir Singh Dance Company’s new work tells the story of a cricket match between Team Earth and Team Climate.
