April 21, 2015

Cricket

Reading Time 1 mins Grenada National Stadium Cricket April 21, 2015 “What do they know of cricket who only cricket know?” -CLR James   The West Indies Cricket Team remains the most storied of our federal institutions: the team has survived the Federation (1958-62) – its lamentable demise codified in a Sparrow rendition Federation.    Junior Murray   Federation boils down to simply this It’s dog-eat -dog and the survival of the fittest.     Sparrow’s Federation is Eric Williams’ version of the mash up; there exists many other versions and we may wish to pursue them later on.   Genesis of West Indian Cricket West Indies cricket is a study in European colonial rivalries, for the… Read More »Cricket