uyana was once a staple of England tours to the Caribbean. From the steamboat passengers of 1930 led by the Honourable Freddie Calthorpe through to Mike Atherton’s jumbo jet set in 1998, in all bar one visit to the region their cricketers disembarked at Georgetown on the South American mainland.
This prolonged absence from one of the Caribbean’s traditional cricketing heartlands ends on Thursday when Jos Buttler’s team meet India in the second semi-final of the men’s T20 World Cup. On paper it is a pretty tasty return, too, one that pits the defending champions against a side that has been unstoppable.
So here we are although the match itself looks pretty ripe for a rumble next to the jungle. That is provided they get on. June is Guyana’s wettest month – 359mm of rain on average – and the forecasts look a bit iffy.
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