Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tristan Lavalette is an Australia-based reporter who covers cricket.

Wang Xin (left) of China bowls to Aminudin Ramly of Malaysia during the men's Group C preliminary cricket match at the 16th Asian Games in Guangzhou ... match played on Chinese soil.

Cricket took hold amongst the local population with segments of the Chinese, Indian, Malay and Eurasian populations of Singapore playing the game regularly. Prominent schools like Raffles Institution, ...