A forlorn scoreboard in the dark of a stormy afternoon
As the rain poured down and Bath wrestled with Toulouse in the mud born of a monsoon rain, set under steel floodlighting, against a gunmetal sky at The Rec, I couldn't help thinking of England in the sunny Caribbean. Bath Cricket Ground looked lost and forlorn, water pooling on the creases only a ball's throw from its sister (or should that be brother?) rugby ground.
Pooling on the creases
I had scoured Radio 5 Live and any other Medium Wave sports station I could barely pick up on the wonders of old technology but cricket didn't get a look in. I listened through interminable football commentaries (alright, we listened through interminable football commentaries) on the way home and still nothing. At home, I sat through the news, to the bitter end and still nothing. Then, I got to the BBC Cricket website! Noooo! But Crickinfo gave a brighter picture; Pietersen made a century!
Not a magnificent start - out for a duck but considering the weather we experienced walking around Bath this afternoon, it was lovely weather for it!
Tour Match: St Kitts Invitational XI v England XI at Basseterre, Jan 25-27, 2009. 424 for 8 off 91.5 overs (Courtesy of Crickinfo)
RP
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