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Hazelwood selling sports fields to cricket league. Mayor calls price 'embarrassing.'

Nassim Benchaabane | Post-Dispatch
Apr 20, 2026
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Cricket Match — From left, Raj Haldar, of the Patels cricket team, sits with Siya Patel, 4, his son Adi Haldar, 8, and Naksh Patel, 6, while a cricket match is played against the AllStars at the Hazelwood 榴莲视频 Complex in Hazelwood on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Siya and Naksh are both children of players on the Patels team. Photo by Michael Clubb, mclubb@post-dispatch.com
Michael Clubb, Post-Dispatch

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