Given the news about the Allen Stanford scandal, I would just like to correct a couple of minor typos that I had not previously noticed in this post I wrote some time ago.
"Allen is a wonderful lad from Texas. I enjoyed a brief Wadadli in his company down at Third Man, some time back."
Should of course have read:
"Allen is a lad from Texas about whom I have serious doubts. I enjoyed a brief Wadadli in the same cricket ground that he was in along with 10,000 other spectators, some time back."
After the disaster at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, where, for the Second Test between the Windies and England, they prepared an outfield using far too much sand which made the surface unplayable, and resulted in the match being abandoned, an emergency pitch inspectors meeting was called earlier this week in York, which I attended at short notice. My goodness - it seems as if I spend as much time in dear old Blighty nowadays as Kalimbuka.
However it was great to be back in Yorkshire, and of course there was much serious business to get through. As a result, the drinks reception (shown below) was curtailed after only two hours and three evictions for excessive drunkenness and rowdiness (something of a record).
After all the drinking on empty stomachs, it was time for the food (shown below).
What a delightful dining room they have at the Royal York.
Anyway, as you can imagine, the meeting was very hard work.
I must report that for my own suggestion to rectify the situation in Antigua, I was awarded a small token of appreciation (shown below). That same suggestion was incorporated fully into the Recommendations which were published immediately after the meeting.
The Recommendations are quite brief, and are repeated below.
"We, the Pitch Inspectors Standing Sub-committee (Official Facilitators), advise the groundsmen at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, to use less sand."
I'm sure that that should help a lot, and everyone at the meeting agreed that it had been a very worthwhile exercise.
MM III
5 comments:
Mingin'! What a bunch of pitch inspectors! Who got the loot though? Bribery and corruptibility, I'd say! Still, nice helicopter landing at Lords! Why don't the rascals charge a million just for that? And throw in a few WAGS! Hotboy
Mingin'! What a bunch of pitch inspectors! Who got the loot though? Bribery and corruptibility, I'd say! Still, nice helicopter landing at Lords! Why don't the rascals charge a million just for that? And throw in a few WAGS! Hotboy
I say! I'm seeing double comments, did someone have one too many Theakstons?
I recommend moving the whole Vivian Stanshall Stadium away from the beach, assuming there's anywhere in Antigua that's not near a beach.
I say!
The joke currently is that Antigua used to market itself as the destination with 365 beaches - one for every day of the year. Now, thanks to the Sir Viv Richards Stadium outfield, there are 366.
MM III
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