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There's still no place like home

He learned to play cricket on the beach - his talent took him around the world

Sriram Veera
25-Feb-2013




'The Cup is much wider and bigger than anything we've done. It is almost two weeks of carnival' - Viv Richards on Antigua hosting the World Cup © Getty Images
He learned to play cricket on the beach - his talent took him around the world. But for the legendary batsman Viv Richards there's still no place like home. Click here for the interview by Kieran Falconer in The Independent.
I know a visitor like Beefy would appreciate the local bars too. I mean the real local bars, in St John's. Places like Points or Villa. There are lots of places where you can drink rum by the water. You don't have to be in the best environment, or in the greatest or most refined buildings, but you can just watch the life go by. These bars have character. There's always guys dancing, smashing down dominoes, watching telly, and the radio would be on as well, with high talk into the night. I take him to a place of locals, mostly my friends, and he is comfortable in that environment. Some would be drinkers and they would have heard about his feats of drinking and want to take him on.

Sriram Veera is a former staff writer at ESPNcricinfo