Slap bang in the middle of the island the towering stands at each end of the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium incongruously dominate a landscape that is still composed of scrubland and featuring the odd meandering goat. The ground is no more than 10km from the capital, St John’s, but it might as well be a hundred.
The locals would wander in off the high street in St John’s to watch the Test match at the old Recreation Ground, especially if West Indies were in the ascendancy, which was usually the case. Chickie would get the disco going, Gravy would make an entrance on to a makeshift platform reminiscent of Dame Edna in her pomp, and there was a buzz about the place.
Written by Vic Marks in Antigua
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/jan/30/england-positive-reaction-second-test-west-indies-joe-root-antigua under the title “England search for positive reaction after all too familiar batting negatives | Vic Marks”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
