Cricket is coming home

The second cricket test between the West Indies and England has been moved from the soulless out of town Sir Vivian Richards Stadium to the atmospheric, centrally located Recreation Ground. The new ground's bowler run-ups were described by the match referee Alan Hurst described as "unfit and dangerous for bowlers". Of course the rescheduling means that first the Recreation Ground will need some rapid sprucing up and some attention to the square and second that a lot of England supporters will miss the end of the test as their itineraries will mean they will probably be in hotels in Barbados.

As the match is at the Rec, maybe Gravy could be brought back to entertain the crowds. Gravy is the nickname of the splendidly named Labon Kenneth Blackburn Leeweltine Buckonon Benjamin, the bearded resident of St Johns, Antigua, who entertained the crowds at the Rec for many years. You can read more about Gravy here. One personal recollection; when I went to Antigua some years ago, possibly the biggest thrill was seeing Gravy on his stall in St Johns.