Anyone for cricket?

After our second day at work we spent the afternoon entertaining some visitors from a local centre. Mr Barnes tells all:

On Wednesday(is it really only Wednesday?) the locals arrived in their mini bus ( four to a seat! ) to interact with us! They were a mix of genders and appeared to range in age from around 6 to 16.

One of the popular games was a local table game - carrom - which involves flicking a counter with your finger to try and pocket other counters in the four corner pockets. Our flicking skills were not equal to those of the locals and we were soundly beaten. However, after they had gone many of us continued to try and hone our limited flicking skills and some declared, " I want one!"

First we played some of the educational activities which we had brought along with us. This meant we had to talk to them! Luckily most of them were more shy than most of us!

Most of the girls were more confident than the boys when it came to chatting, explaining rules and interacting with the visitors!

Like all schools the "work" was fun but play time was even better.

Down by what we call the crocodile lake we challenged them to a test match! Sadly only eight of them wanted to play which limited our selection!

Ethan and Tom were our star bowlers but man of the match was undoubtedly Flora who hit two massive sixes over long on, one of which resulted in a lost ball! That's how you do it, boys!

The Sri Lankan star who caused our downfall was this ten year old lad who was one of the few who clearly knew all the ins and outs of the game! Sadly that includes our team too!

We were all out for 34 in the eighth over. Despite some competitive fielding from Faye Baker they passed our total in the sixth over for the loss of two wickets! This meant that they went away happy.
Writing this in a tropical thunderstorm, (sadly unlike at home, the rain does not significantly reduce the temperature ) and now it's time for bed!

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