I don’t like cricket…
Thursday, March 31st, 200528 Mar – 31 Mar, 2005
One of the beautiful wooden buildings in Georgetown, capital of Guyana.
Well, originally we were only going to stay in Georgetown for the minimum time possible – It really doesn’t have a very good reputation. However, the lure of an International Test (cricket, that is) between South Africa and the West Indies was hard to refuse. This, coupled with the fact that we met some great people who have busied up our social lives like we haven’t had since Australia, led us to stay on.
The cricket was a great day, with an undermanned Windies team really giving it to the visitors. Wavell Hinds finished the day on 188 not out, and Chanderpaul’s celebrated his first day as captain with 102 at stumps. (Both continued the rampage in the following day, Windies declared with 4 wickets still in hand, and ended up bowling South Africa out twice without needing to bat again. Congratulations.)
“I don’t like cricket, Oh no, I love it!” West Indies in what ended up being an unexpected (and extremely convincing) win over South Africa. Day 1 of the 1st Test.