Cricket Fever in the Caribbean

The pictures you see up above, are from my visit to the Cricket Test Match between India and West Indies in St. Kitts, West Indies.

Ok let me tell you this....if you are a cricket fan, then you have heard of the great West Indian Cricket grounds, about the party / carnival atmosphere, about the flowing booze, and beautiful women. Well let me tell you, after getting to view all of this in person and getting to watch a cricket game for the first time in the West Indies, it is all true. These folk here know how to enjoy when an International Cricket team comes to town. Especially the Indians. Man it was great.

The best part was meeting the players from both teams. Now St. Kitts is a very small island, about 67 square miles and a population of 30,000 +/- and they have only one major hotel here, the Marriott (which I can see from my balcony, trust me its a great view). I personally met, Rahul Dravid, but he is too introverted and his wife and 7 month old son was with him too, so didn't disturb him much, then I met Yuvraj, Bhajji, VRV, Suresh Raina, Dhoni, Pathan, Munaf, Jaffer, Kaif, Sehwag, Chappel himself, Kiran More. Funnily never saw Jumbo (Kumble) around but oh well, saw him at the game right when he was fielding on the boundary, oh and how can I forget Sreesanth, I partied with him. That was the best.

ok the worst part about watching a test match for 5 days in the sun and drinking beer, you can get Heat Exhaustion, and I tell you that can be a pain in the butt. But it was worth it, u know any kind of personal trauma like heat exhaustion is worth it especially if you are a fanatic of a sport like cricket and you get to meet and hang out with your favorite team.

I tell you, if you live in the states and are a cricket fan or just an enthusiast who would like to see more cricket, then come on down next year for the World Cup. I will be here in St. Kitts. We have the world champions Australia and the no. 2 team South Africa coming here for the round robin stage, so that is gonna be a good match. Well for more info go to www.cricketworldcup.com

cheers

ps. Sorry if my first blog is a little confusing when u read it. I was just so excited writing about it.