The history of cricket in Italy is surprisingly long and they have a modestly successful national side (albeit at Associate level). Different to many countries where it is largely played by immigrants from the subcontinent. [0]<p>Seems a weird choice of wedge issue, though the article makes it sound like the mayor is basically shotgunning <i>anything</i> the Bangladeshi shipyard workers and their families enjoy, which I suppose makes some miserable sense.<p>[0]: <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_cricket_team" rel="nofollow">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy_national_cricket_team</a>