Cricket- still the number 1 sport here.

On a Sunday afternoon, as I took the 40 minute walk to the swimming pool, I passed 4 "official" cricket matches, played on prepared pitches, with teams wearing recognisable strips, a hatted umpire and supporters around the club house and spectator stand. I also passed 7 mini-games: some with proper bats and the cork ball; others with a home-made piece of wood ; all using a rigid, one-piece stumps and bails wicket. Any spare ground will do: an empty plot of land on the corner of a street, a field where goats are grazing or an almost empty Sunday street.

This picture shows the street I live on. Each Sunday afternoon (except for the rare rainy day) about 20 men will gather for a noisy, friendly game of street cricket. The waiting batsmen are to the left of the camera, sitting on a wall. Fielders are scattered behind and over the crossroads.
On other days this road has constant traffic, but Sundays in Georgetown are like the Sundays I remember in the 1960s:- all the shops are closed, people stay at home, or visit relatives, go to their places of worship and play cricket!

And what about the women?- No where to be seen!
Nationally, women's cricket is gaining prominence, but continues to lack the status of the men's game.