James Coyne: A picture of me, one of the two "Backpacking Batters", batting on the equator line near Quito, Ecuador. A blow to the off side went into the northern hemisphere; a blow to leg was in the southern hemisphere. This is just a lighthearted game, but overall our project is a serious attempt to tell the story of cricket in Latin America, some of world cricket's forgotten countries, for a forthcoming book. A short blog piece on our "Middle Earth" game can be found here. ©