Cricket Lovely Cricket

Test Match, West Indies vs India, Dominica
Originally uploaded by Tropical Ties Dominica

Well it's been cricket fever here in Dominica with our island proudly hosting the third test match, West Indies vs India, at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium. I went for a little while on Sunday and again although I did not always fully understand what was going on, shame on me ;-), I thoroughly enjoyed the atmosphere.
It was an inpsired move by the organisers to offer concessionary tickets to those over 60 and to children as it ensured that the matches were pretty well attended during the week.
I went on the last day, Sunday, and the stadium was packed with an enthusiastic and optimistic crowd. Our Dominican fans really showed some love and appreciation to the West Indies team, cheering them on and when WI got a man out LBW on the first ball the stadium erupted with massive cheering.
Much praise needs to go out to all the people behind the scenes who made this event possible; those who kept the pitch in order, made sure the stadium was ready and not forgetting the sponsors.
Although the match is over, the cricket theme extends this Saturday 16th July with a showing of the hit film 'Fire in Babylon', at Alliance Francaise in Roseau (part of the third Traveling Caribbean Film Showcase).
The film trailer can be seen here.


It would be great to see West Indies cricket return to those glory days again. Maybe if we all keep spurring the team on and inspiring that passion again, it can really be that simple.
Anyway Dominica got some great publicity from the event and our fans got some well deserved praise.
WICB president hails Dominican fans for massive support
Series comes to dead end
Kudos for Dominica fans
Check out the rest of the photos from the day here - Photos of West Indies vs India in Dominica

By the way if you're wondering where the blog title "Cricket Lovely Cricket" comes from, it's from a calypso song "Victory Test Match" by Lord Beginner.
You can hear it here.