<p>“Many… MANY people here despise the game.”</p>
<p>That might be true but seriously, most applicants from your region will have cricket on their activity lists. And that might make you look average.
That said, your best bet is Cornell COE ED (a very difficult program to gain admission to btw, so your essays need to be top-notch) if you can raise your SAT score to 2100+.</p>