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Diary from Port of Spain, Trinidad: Day 5

Test cricket by virtue of spanning five days, allows for narratives to develop, within the scope of the game. The psychological back and forth, scars finding time to heal, strategies re-calibrated and the rapid cascading sequence of events precipitating in … Continue reading

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Diary from Port of Spain, Trinidad: Day 4

I have been to 6 test matches since July 2011 across 4 continents, including this one, and the day 4 here was easily shortest amount of cricketing action I had seen, by a fair distance. As the day started and … Continue reading

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Diary from Port of Spain, Trinidad: Day 2 & 3

Days do not get a better start than someone telling you, “Oh, you’re a cricket fan? Would you like to meet Brian Lara?” A fellow traveller staying at the same Inn as we are, (whose first cousin was married to … Continue reading

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Missus Couch at Cricket

Last night as I sat on the roof top terrace of our five-room Inn, just a short steamy walk from the Queen’s Park Oval, I finally asked myself the question. This is my second in-person test match, in as many … Continue reading

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Diary from Port of Spain, Trinidad: Day 1

Missus Couch and I are sitting on the terrace of our temporary Trinidad domicile under the starry skies of Port of Spain, a mere 5-minute walk from the Queen’s Park Oval. It is a marked departure from our everyday life … Continue reading

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