Compton Cricket Club

On the night of the photoshoot for an advertising campaign featuring the CCC modelling the new National English Football jersey in LA,[1] one of the team members was fatally shot as an innocent bystander in a drive-by shooting in Compton.

The publicity garnered by the tour was unprecedented in American cricket circles and included coverage by BBC Four, KTLA, ITV, Sky News, The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and numerous local newspapers in England and Australia.

The club uses the ideals of sportsmanship, and the particular importance of etiquette and fair play in cricket, to help players develop respect for authority, a sense of self-esteem and self-discipline.

The Compton Homies travelled to the UK in 1997, 1999, and 2001, joined LASCA (the Los Angeles Social Cricket Alliance) and won the British Cup twice.

[4][failed verification] A 2001 Game against the legendary Lashings team, with Brian Lara playing on the CCC cricket Club side.

The match will help raise money for an orphanage rebuilt by US marines in Afghanistan and continue the CCC's vital work around the world promoting greater peace through 'cricket diplomacy'.

The CCC will utilise its high exposure to benefit other organizations in Australia attempting to deal with similar issues in their own community including: Project Manager for their Australian Tour, Mr Hugh Snelgrove presented the team's story as well as what he has planned for their historic tour at The Pecha Kucha (Sydney Chapter) fundraising night for Haiti at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney at the beginning of 2010.

A music video along with a press release[9] about the Compton Cricket Club produced by current members plans to be presented to the public by the end of 2008.

In March 2009, SKY News released an article about the team's endeavors producing and publicising their inaugural Music TV video clip on their website.