I will say we desperately need an r/cricket alike before the Ashes starts. Was rather hoping not to have to take matters into my own hands - but if I understand your intention, your sub is more about playing, right?
Edit: just found c/cricket on lemmy.ml and lemmy.world, but maybe a UK-oriented one wouldn't be a terrible idea...?
Like I said, I'm already on a different instance (feddit.uk) but the instance I'm on seems a bit flaky. There are communities on other instances that don't show any content, whereas they do on lemmy.world. I'd heard that lemmy.world was handling the influx of new users quite well in comparison, so thought I'd try to switch.