Sydney: This week I-ve been driving to the Sydney Cricket Ground SCG to work but not on an 11-a-side game but one played by teams of nine men. Yes, the famous old cricket ground has been transformed into a baseball diamond, complete with dirt base paths and a pitcher-s mound, to host a two game series between US major league teams, the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Arizona Diamondbacks.


Miguel Montero of the Diamondbacks bats during a baseball match between Team Australia and Arizona Diamondbacks at Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday and India-s Yuvraj Singh hooks an Australian bowler during a T20 International at Mumbai on October 20, 2007. Pics/Getty Images 

This might seem sacrilege on a ground that was home for many years to Don later Sir Donald Bradman when he was the greatest batsman alive. However, it seems that this may not be the case, because back in 1932, when Bradman was touring North America, he met the equally famous George Herman -Babe- Ruth at another sporting cathedral, Yankee Stadium.