It Makes a Difference to the Sheep

At least in a cultural sense. China seeks cricket lessons, from India no less.

"We lack professional cricket players, coaches and umpires. We also know that India is very advanced in the game of cricket. China should learn from India not just in the field of software but also cricket," he said.

"I hope we will have more bilateral exchanges with India in the field of cricket which would help us improve our cricketing skills," he said.

"We will seek assistance from major cricketing nations to help us train our young students."

What's next? Curling lessons from Canada?