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Vor udsendte reporter i LA - cricket.dk
Skrevet af: Alex Olsen
Chris Rawson er kendt af mange danske cricketfans som en af vores trofaste følgere og støtter – og tidligere umpire. Således også i Los Angeles, hvor han over for over kommenterer kampene live i Facebookgruppen Cricket – Det danske landshold.
Følg med i de over 100 kommentarer per kamp – få indblik i stemningen på stadion og alle detaljerne i spillet og stil spørgsmål til Chris undervejs. Hans hustru Cathy er i øvrigt også på pletten som officiel scorer for landsholdet.
Chris kommenterer i baggrunden og Cathy med scorer teamet i front
Her Chris’ reportage fra i fredags inden første kamp:
Los Angeles, Friday 28 October 2016
“LA’s fine, te sun shines most te time” wrote singer/songwriter Neil Diamond but I’m not sure that all of te Denmark squad would totally agree with that!
For those of you who have not been lucky enough to visit Los Angeles, it is a huge, sprawling metropolitan area – and there is traffic, traffic and yet more traffic. Te 36 km journey from LA Airport to te hotel took some 1 hour 45 minutes – te 5 lane San Diego Freeway was totally clogged. Te hotel itself is at te end of te runway of te small Van Nuys airport so can get quite noisy – and two beers in te bar cost $17.95! Add into te mix te fact that Halal food is a comparative rarity in LA – te nearest outlet to te hotel is some 7 km away – and some players in te Denmark, Oman, Italian and USA squads have real problems. You won’t be surprised to learn that Ole Roland is working very hard to overcome te difficulties for te DK squad.
Te venue for ICC World Division 4 is te Leo Magnus Cricket Complex in Woodley Park which comprises four grounds alongside te San Diego Freeway in te Van Nuys district. From south to north, these are Severn Field, Wright Field, Wong Field and Marder Field – although Marder is only being used as a practice ground. Te umpires are from Papua New Guinea, West Indies, New Zealand and UAE and include two ladies, Kathleen Cross (NZ) and Jacqueline Williams (Jamaica) and te Mentor Umpire is Gregory Brathwaite (WI). Te ICC have accepted Cathy Rawson as te official Denmark scorer – so te red shirt she has been supplied with by te ICC to wear during matches will not be te Danish one! There is a meeting for tournament match officials at 16.00 this afternoon.
On te plus side, te squad completed a successful training session yesterday at Marder Field. Unlike te pitches encountered in Houston, Texas, for te two warm-up matches, which were slow and a bit soft, these had pace and bounce which Affi in particular found to his liking – dispatching te ball some long distances. Te off pitch facilities do seem rather basic at present (no changing rooms, scoring positions, electricity supply or internet hotspot) but te ICC Events Manager, a real ‘can do’ guy, is confident that everything will be sorted out by te time te first matches start on Saturday. Unfortunately that will be around 18.00 Danish time and te matches are scheduled to finish in te early hours of te morning.
Physio Jacob Larsen and Assistant Coach, Nigel Pyne arrived at te hotel yesterday evening so now te squad is complete.
Weather wise, TV news is predicting some scattered rain showers today – remnants from Hurricane Seymour apparently – but hopefully that won’t interfere with te scheduled practice at midday. Te long term forecast is for showers on Sunday morning so Duckworth Lewis Stern calculations might make an early appearance in te tournament; after that it should be sunshine all te way!
Providing te electricity and internet problems at te grounds are resolved, I will be providing a‘commentary’ (in English, I’m afraid!) on te Facebook page ‘Cricket – Det danske landshold’, and I will be pleased to reply to any questions. With any luck there may be some photos as well!
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