Barbados to Berkshire (and back again)
The BBC have an interesting chat with Leo Jones, 75, who came to England in the 1950s...and is going back to his homeland in the Caribbean to follow West Indies host the World Cup.
Will Luke
25-Feb-2013
The BBC have an interesting chat with Leo Jones, 75, who came to England in the 1950s...and is going back to his homeland in the Caribbean to follow West Indies host the World Cup.
"This is the first time the World Cup has been played in the West Indies," he told BBC Berkshire's Louise Chandler. "If they do get another one, I won't be around. So I can't miss this one. You have to be there."
Leo grew up in cricket-mad Barbados with the sport all around him.
"My uncles used to take me to cricket to watch them play and when I was about 12 or 13, I used to pray for one of the men not to turn up - if they were one short I'd get a chance.
Computer graphic of Kensington Oval, Barbados
"Cricket was a talent God gave to me. We had no training or anything like that, you'd learn by watching the strokes the players made and trying to imitate them."
Will Luke is assistant editor of ESPNcricinfo