{"id":83786,"date":"2022-01-10T03:40:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T03:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=83786"},"modified":"2022-01-10T03:43:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T03:43:29","slug":"cricket-lovely-cricket-by-des-kelly-2-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/cricket-lovely-cricket-by-des-kelly-2-4\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;CRICKET, LOVELY CRICKET&#8221; \u2013 by Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\">&#8220;CRICKET, LOVELY CRICKET&#8221; \u2013 by Des Kelly<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ysZWCRCgRsI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The game is on again. Cricket in once again the flavour of the month in many Countries. Australia has just won the &#8220;ashes&#8221;, beating the blokes from old Blighty fair &amp; square, yet, how many of our good old Sri Lankans remember when the top West-Indians, after beating Australia, visited, to play an exhibition match against the side who had also beaten Australia to become the grand-finalists of that particular era ithe 50s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Ceylon Cricket Team WON this World Series match, playing not only on a different pitch, but also against an Umpire who signalled that our Murali was &#8220;chucking&#8221; and not bowling correctly. Could you believe this !!??.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Anyway, to get back to this particular story, I was in the Royal Ceylon Navy, when the West Indians arrived to play this &#8220;friendly&#8221; match against Arjuna Ranatunga &amp; his team, and tickets were already being sold to those who wanted to see the match personally. I wanted a ticket myself, but could not stand in a queue half a mile long, alongside the Times building at Fort, in full uniform, being on duty, that day, so I decided on my own plan to secure a ticket, by writing an original composition about the &#8220;Windies&#8221;, jumped the queue by informing the Manager of the Times of Ceylon, that I had this special gift for our visitor team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Manager then gave me a special ticket to visit with the Windies at their rooms at the venue where they were playing. I happily\u00a0 took my old acoustic guitar complete with specially printed copies of the lyrics of my song and headed for the grounds to hand over my gift to them, strum my guitar and sing the song, before the match started.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The Windies loved the song, and I was very lucky indeed, to spend the whole afternoon with them, during the match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">I never did get to record this song, and it would have been too long, anyway, but I did keep a copy of my lyrics which mentions every player of the Windies in tribute, so here they are, especially for the Members and readers of e&#8217;Lanka,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">I am sure they will bring back many memories to all our cricketing fans.\u00a0 Here is my tribute to &#8220;The Windies&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">CALYPSO\/D&#8217;WINDIES.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">If ever there was ANY cricket team,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">To hit the &#8220;top rung&#8221; of the World&#8217;s esteem,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">There wouldn&#8217;t be even the slightest doubt,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">That it&#8217;s the WINDIES, we are talking about.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">In every Test-match in Australia,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Their&#8217;s was a much superior game, by far,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">They laughed at mistakes Umpire Hoy had made,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">And played bright cricket, as it should be played.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">From Captain WORREL, to their last batsman,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Their one great moral, was to &#8220;stand and slam&#8221;,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The WINDIES bowling, it was quite the same,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">With GARFIELD SOBERS, GIBBS &amp; HALL of fame.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">A man called GERRY, right behind the stumps,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">No balls ever got by, despite the bumps,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Another batsman, full of &#8220;do or die&#8221;,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Was better known to us, as ROHAN KANHAI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Then HUNTE &amp; CAMMIE SMITH were both quite fine,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Like RAMADHIN &amp; VALENTINE,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">And bowler CHESTER WATSON who tried so hard,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">To keep Aussie batsmen always on their guard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">And, now a word about old SEYMOUR NURSE,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Who mimics Nat King Cole &amp; I&#8217;ve heard worse,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">The WINDIES love to hear him sing his songs,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">But, on the cricket-field, he still belongs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Wherever they go, they will cause a &#8220;stir&#8221;,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Says GERRY GOMEZ, their team Manager,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">And, you can bet, that what he says, is true,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">He knows his boys, much more than me, or you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Unless you want to see me behind bars,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Must not forget to mention their &#8220;extras&#8221;,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Cos, in case the WINDIES needed any aid,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">They had, in every &#8220;extra&#8221;, men who&#8217;d made the grade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">It&#8217;s for their attitude of sheer pluck,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">That we, in Ceylon, wish them all the luck,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; 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