Excerpt from The Drinking Man's Guide to the BVI
by Julian Putley
The Drinking Mans Guide to the Virgin Islands by Julian Putley
The Caribbean has always been about fun. One of the results of colonialism was the introduction of cricket and for years the West Indies team has been a major world player with uproarious crowds contrasting sharply with the quiet decorum of the English game.
For the uninitiated, though, the game appears to be a mind boggling mélange of undecipherable language, complicated tactics, strange behaviour and bewildering rules.
A recent excerpt of commentary: “The silly mid-on took a catch from a googly that caught the top edge. The fielder slid three yards and landed hard on his bottom. The crowd roared as the umpire’s finger went up.”