It was the same World Cup, but worlds apartTo those in Goa, Hobart could well be a past version of Panjim. Cricket is still a game here, in a World Cup stadium or in the six odd grounds where Sheffield Shield and other local Tasman province games happen. And he has a simple life desire which is a work in progress for a little over a decade -- to travel and watch Test matches at every cricket ground in the world. Yes, simple, that’s what he does, and when he is not travelling, he lives in Hobart, plays some village cricket, and goes and watches games at every level, spending his days in cricket grounds, his second home. In one village, kids were playing cricket on the rooftop.

Source: The Herald October 28, 2022 20:09 UTC